checkout

American  

[chek-out] / ˈtʃɛkˌaʊt /

Or check-out

noun

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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Etymology

Origin of checkout

1920–25, noun use of verb phrase check out

Example Sentences

And with buy-now-pay-later, PayPal seemed to treat installment payments “as a defensive checkout feature rather than an offensive category,” he added.

From MarketWatch

Branded checkout allows merchants to convert sales through the company’s platform.

From Barron's

It also said it’s expecting earnings to decline in 2026 after growth from its key branded checkout product sputtered in the fourth quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal

Littler missed three darts to move into a 5-3 lead and Humphries capitalised to level again before hitting his first 100-plus checkout on his way to moving one set away from another title.

From BBC

This included installing close to 16,500 new checkouts and launching a new groceries app and website — costing hundreds of millions of pounds.

From BBC