# checkout

Pronunciation: say "CHEK-owt" /ˈt͡ʃɛkˌaʊt/

## Noun

1. The place in a supermarket where customers have their items rung up and pay for them.
   - Simple: The place in a supermarket where you pay for the things you buy.
   - _Only one checkout was open, so the line stretched back to the frozen-food aisle._
   - _Candy and magazines are displayed beside the checkouts to tempt shoppers waiting in line._
2. The process of having items rung up or recorded at a supermarket or library, so that they can be paid for or borrowed.
   - Simple: Paying for things at a supermarket, or getting things from a library recorded as borrowed.
   - _The new scanners have cut checkout times at the supermarket in half._
   - _Library staff handle checkout and returns at the same desk._
3. The stage of an online purchase in which the buyer confirms the order and pays for it.
   - Simple: The last step of buying something online, when you check your order and pay.
   - _The app saves your card details, so checkout takes a single tap._
   - _Many online shoppers abandon their carts at checkout when surprise shipping fees appear._
4. The process of officially leaving a hotel at the end of a stay, or the latest time by which guests must give up their room.
   - Simple: Leaving a hotel at the end of your stay, or the latest time you must leave your room.
   - _Checkout is at noon, but the front desk will hold your bags until evening._
   - _We dropped our keys at the front desk and finished checkout in under a minute._
5. A test carried out to find out whether a device is working properly.
   - Simple: A test to check that a machine or piece of equipment works properly.
   - _Engineers completed a final checkout of the satellite's instruments before launch._
   - _The systems checkout took longer than planned because one sensor kept failing._
6. An inspection of something, or an investigation into it.
   - Simple: A careful look at something to check it or find out more about it.
   - _A quick checkout of the alley turned up nothing but a broken bottle._
   - _The reporter's checkout of the senator's claims found several errors._
7. In darts, the number of points a player scores on the final, winning visit to the oche, the line players stand behind to throw.
   - Simple: In darts, the points a player scores with the last throws that win the game.
   - _The crowd roared when he hit a 132 checkout to win the match._
   - _Her highest checkout of the night came in the deciding leg._

## Origin

Formed as a noun from the phrasal verb check out.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/checkout (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).