checkout

Or check-out

[chek-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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of checkout¹

1920–25, noun use of verb phrase check out

Example Sentences

The function hasn’t been rolled out fully yet by OpenAI, and the platform’s checkout process remains clunky, allowing people to purchase only one item at a time.

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The function hasn’t been rolled out fully yet by OpenAI, and the platform’s checkout process remains clunky, allowing people to purchase only one item at a time.

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“It’s polished concrete floor, it’s exposed ceilings, it’s proper lighting. Nice checkout counters,” said Gabriel Navarro, managing director for MMG Equity Partners, which has three Goodwill stores in its South Florida shopping-center portfolio.

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“We love a rewards card but would just recommend not impulse signing up for one at the checkout,” Blancaflor said.

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Currently, Target fulfills most of its online orders at stores—a tactic that some analysts argue has contributed to in-store inventory shortages, long checkout lines, and messier stores.

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