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

Etymology

Origin of checkout

1920–25, noun use of verb phrase check out

Example Sentences

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The partnership shows the value of Shopify’s structured product data, merchant connectivity, checkout and the underlying infrastructure required to complete an order, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 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

Installation at a checkout counter takes seconds, often while a thief blocks a clerk’s view with an item such as a 12-pack of paper towels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

The 2020 and 2022 winner won back-to-back legs to make it 5-5 against Smith in the final but was hanging on as his opponent continued to score heavily albeit with a lower checkout success.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Nancy grabbed a carton of blueberries on their way to the checkout counter.

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene

Members have said they want faster checkouts, larger parking lots and that gas stations can get busy, he said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

The 19-year-old averaged 111 and landed 12 maximums, while world number two Humphries finished with an average of 105 and three 100+ checkouts.

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