Meaning & use

checkout

noun·Everyday

The place in a store where customers pay for the goods they are buying.

See it in a sentence

There was a long line at the checkout, so we waited nearly ten minutes.

She scanned her items quickly and paid at the self-service checkout.

A note on using this word

"Checkout" can also mean the time by which hotel guests must vacate their room, as in "checkout is at eleven."

Words with a similar meaning

tillcash register

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Another way to use it

2. noun

The time by which a hotel guest must leave a room, or the act of leaving at that time.

Hotel checkout is at eleven, so we packed our bags early that morning.

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