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

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

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Albertsons wants to not only sell ad placements but help brands develop content designed to move consumers from their couches to the checkout line, said Monahan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

These messages are almost always accompanied by a link that will lead you directly to a fraudulent website or checkout page.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Complex interfaces let users browse match offerings, make selections and proceed through checkout.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

I ask, when we reconvene at the checkout.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli

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 2021 winner averaged 99.88 and 101.33 in those two matches but it was his checkouts at 60% and 66.67% that really stood out.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 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 doctor diagnosed various problems, some lethal, all apparently debilitating, and left me taking various medications and endless rituals of check-ins and checkouts and tests and retests....

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen