checkout

American  

[chek-aut] / ˈtʃɛkˌaʊt /

Or check-out

noun

• checkouts
  plural

1. the procedure of vacating and paying for one's quarters at a hotel.

2. the time before which a hotel room must be vacated if another day's charge is not to be made.

3. an examination of fitness for performance.

   The checkout of the new plane was successful.

4. a series of sequential actions to familiarize oneself with new equipment.

5. itemization and collection of amounts due for purchases.

   Retailers need to improve online checkout.

6. Also called checkout counter. a counter where customers pay for purchases.

   The supermarket has five checkouts.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• checkouts
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of checkout

1920–25, noun use of verb phrase check out

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Example Sentences

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For a minute or two, the checkout lane became something other than a place where groceries changed hands.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

The Englishman did not quite hit top gear against the Dutchman - averaging 85.91 and throwing four 180s - but was clinical at the key moments with a checkout success of 33.33%.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Citi’s institutional clients, including large multinational corporations, will be able to accept stablecoin payments from their customers at checkout through Citi’s merchant-processing services.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Roman's planet-imaging system, the Coronagraph Instrument, has also completed an early checkout of its digital, electronic, and mechanical systems after waking up earlier this month.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026

Then, before we headed to the checkout, she said she was hungry and got us each a smoothie, then she headed leisurely to her car.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

The checkouts cooled but Smith won a succession of scrappy legs to seal victory as Price's game deserted him.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Technology is on pace to eliminate many remaining starter jobs like flipping burgers and running checkouts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Self checkouts are slower, according to Costco’s internal data, but some customers prefer them, said workers and executives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

The Welshman won five legs in a row - with three 100+ checkouts - to take the match to a final-leg decider.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

The doctor diagnosed various problems, some lethal, all apparently debilitating, and left me taking various medications and endless rituals of check-ins and checkouts and tests and retests....

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

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