checkout

== English == === Alternative forms === check-out === Etymology === Deverbal from check out. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛkˌaʊt/ === Noun === checkout (countable and uncountable, plural checkouts) The process of checking out of a hotel, or the latest time to vacate a room in one. The process of checking out items at a supermarket or library. The place in a supermarket where this is done. (Internet, by extension) The process of confirming and paying for an online purchase. A test to see if some device is functioning properly. An inspection or investigation. (darts) The number of points that a player scores on their final, winning visit to the oche. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === check out self checkout / self-scanning checkout == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English checkout. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃeˈkaut/ [t͡ʃeˈkau̯t̪] Rhymes: -aut === Noun === checkout m (plural checkouts) checkout (in a hotel) ==== Usage notes ==== 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.