point of sale

[ point-uhv-seyl ]

noun

, plural points of sale.

1. the store, dealer, or other retail outlet where an item is sold:

   from manufacturer to point of sale.

adjective

1. designating or in use at a point of sale, cashier's desk, or checkout counter; point-of-purchase.
2. (in retailing) of or relating to a customer-checkout system that uses automated devices linked to a computer, as a terminal point-of-saleterminal that directly transmits sales data as part of a computerized system for accounting and inventory control. : POS, P.O.S.

point of sale

noun

1. (in retail distribution) the place at which a sale is made POS

Word History and Origins

Origin of point of sale¹

First recorded in 1840–45

Example Sentences

The company created customized mixtapes at the point-of-sale with its own proprietary technology.

From The Daily Beast

Just-in-time, point-of-sale, and electronic interchanges came into being because the human pragmatic made them necessary.

From Project Gutenberg