checkout

«checkout» in Mova's school dictionary: The place in a shop or supermarket where you pay for things — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a checkout, checkouts); verb phrase (check out — two words)

meaning for a pupil

1) The place in a shop or supermarket where you pay for things. tree →

2) On a website, the page where you pay for your order. tree →

3) In a hotel, the time when you must leave the room. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, the checkout operator or self-checkout scans your shopping. In maths, checkout problems ask you to add up prices, use discounts and work out change. In online safety, children should not enter payment details at an online checkout without an adult. Phrases: at the checkout, checkout queue (or line), self-checkout, checkout time.

examples

• We waited in the checkout queue. tree →
• The checkout operator scanned the milk. tree →
• We used the self-checkout. tree →
• At the checkout the total was 12.50 dollars; we paid with 20, so the change was 7.50. tree →
• Checkout time at the hotel is 10 o'clock. tree →
• Ask an adult before going to an online checkout. tree →

note

"Checkout" (noun) is one word; the verb is two words: "check out a book", "check out of a hotel". "Check out" can also mean look at something: "Check out my drawing!" In maths, change = money given − total cost.

In the corpora

• You wait your turn in a queue or line at the checkout, because pushing in is rude.
• In the USA the shelf price may not include sales tax, which is added at the checkout.
• At the checkout, wait your turn in the line; pushing in is rude.
• At a self-checkout you scan each item's barcode yourself; shops check with cameras and staff.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «checkout» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.