Meaning & use
checkout
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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