checkout

• check-out

Deverbal from check out.

checkout (countable and uncountable, plural checkouts)

1. The process of checking out of a hotel, or the latest time to vacate a room in one.
2. The process of checking out items at a supermarket or library.
3. The place in a supermarket where this is done.
4. (Internet, by extension) The process of confirming and paying for an online purchase.
5. A test to see if some device is functioning properly.
6. An inspection or investigation.
7. (darts) The number of points that a player scores on their final, winning visit to the oche.

• check out
• self checkout / self-scanning checkout

Unadapted borrowing from English checkout.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈkaut/ [t͡ʃeˈkau̯t̪]
• Rhymes: -aut

checkout m (plural checkouts)

1. checkout (in a hotel)

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.