checkout

American  

[chek-out] / 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

Etymology

Origin of checkout

1920–25, noun use of verb phrase check out

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

checkout checkouts

Gemma Hayter took her to another deciding leg but Greaves came through in style against the darts, producing a 104 checkout to reach the final.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

Lores was brought in at PayPal after the company’s namesake checkout button, which lets customers pay on a range of websites, posted weak growth to end 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Anorexia and bulimia were in nearly every tabloid headline, splashed across the supermarket checkout aisles.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

These websites closely resemble legitimate ticketing and checkout platforms and can allow scammers to steal log-in credentials, personal information and credit card numbers and trick you into sending in payments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Since the store was about to close, Kyle headed toward the checkout lanes.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

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

Drury said that many younger consumers accustomed to one-click checkouts are less used to bargaining and value speed and certainty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

The change under SB 1053 comes almost a decade after California voters passed a statewide ballot measure that banned single-use plastic bags at grocery store checkouts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 1, 2026

The agency sent a film crew to each of the remote tracking stations, recording the communications teams as they completed their preflight checkouts.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly