checkout
or check-out
the procedure of vacating and paying for one's quarters at a hotel.
the time before which a hotel room must be vacated if another day's charge is not to be made.
an examination of fitness for performance: The checkout of the new plane was successful.
a series of sequential actions to familiarize oneself with new equipment.
itemization and collection of amounts due for purchases: Retailers need to improve online checkout.
Also called checkout counter. a counter where customers pay for purchases: The supermarket has five checkouts.
Origin of checkout
1Words Nearby checkout
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How to use checkout in a sentence
Making Shop Pay available outside of Shopify for the first time means even more shoppers can use the fastest and best checkout on the Internet.
Shopify expands its payment option, Shop Pay, to its merchants on Facebook and Instagram | Sarah Perez | February 9, 2021 | TechCrunchIf the product’s price at checkout is higher than the price shown in an ad, free product listing, or on a product landing page, shoppers are more likely to abandon the purchase.
Google will suspend merchant sites that show higher prices at checkout | Barry Schwartz | February 4, 2021 | Search Engine LandOne way they’re achieving this is through contactless payments for frictionless checkout processes, both in-store and curbside.
COVID and quarantine are driving contactless retail experiences | Trevor Grigoruk | February 1, 2021 | DigidayKindergarten teacher Marlene Correia believed that her students preferred made-up stories — until she tracked her students’ library checkouts for a period of 3½ months.
Fiction or nonfiction? What kids really like to read. | Valerie Strauss | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostAs a business owner that controls an entire funnel, you can place your Google Analytics tag across your site, including the checkout page where the transaction actually takes place.
What affiliate marketers have missed about Google Analytics | Laurent Malka | January 5, 2021 | Search Engine Watch
He pointed a pistol at a grocery checkout woman and swiped whatever cash he could into his pockets before booking it.
So does the barista at Starbucks, and the checkout clerk at Whole Foods.
Fear And Self-Loathing In Scandinavia: The Fiction Of Karl Ove Knausgaard | Ted Gioia | May 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt the checkout, her total for bananas, arugula, blackberries, kale, yogurt, rice noodles, and tofu comes to $34.21.
We took issue with the way it was done since we pay a premium to be in that checkout-line location.
Gagging the Corps: A Marine Commandant’s War on Newsprint | David Abrams | February 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJust as ATMs replaced bank clerks, so too new checkout machines will hugely reduce the need for retail clerks.
One thing I did accomplish, however, was the completion of the fire-control checkout.
Shock Absorber | E.G. von WaldThe library also has many nuclear related books available for reference and checkout.
Trinity [Atomic Test] Site | The National Atomic MuseumOther films relating to the history of the Atomic Age are available for viewing and checkout from the library.
Trinity [Atomic Test] Site | The National Atomic MuseumHe pulled out his wallet as they drew up closer to the checkout counter.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town | Cory DoctorowI would appreciate it if you would, because if you have a lot of that checkout work that would be helpful.
Warren Commission (12 of 26): Hearings Vol. XII (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for check out
(intr) to pay the bill and depart, esp from a hotel
(intr) to depart from a place; record one's departure from work
to investigate or prove to be in order after investigation: the police checked out all the statements; their credentials checked out
(tr) informal to have a look at; inspect: check out the wally in the pink shirt
the latest time for vacating a room in a hotel, etc
(as modifier): checkout time
a counter, esp in a supermarket, where customers pay
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with checkout
Record one's departure from a hotel by paying the bill, or from a conference or other function, as in As soon as my bags are packed I'll check out of the motel. [Early 1900s]
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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