checkout line — A line of customers waiting to pay for their purchases at a store
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: A line of customers waiting to pay for their purchases at a store
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈtʃekˌaʊt laɪn/
Korean meaning: 상점에서 구매한 물건의 계산을 위해 대기하는 고객들의 줄
Korean pronunciation: **체**크아웃 **라**인
Example Sentences
- I always choose the checkout line with the fastest cashier, but somehow I still end up behind someone buying 50 lottery tickets.
- The express checkout line is supposed to be for 10 items or less, but nobody seems to know how to count.
- She joined the shortest checkout line at the grocery store.
checkout line
NOUN//ˈtʃekˌaʊt laɪn//
A line of customers waiting to pay for their purchases at a store
several customers stand in a single file line holding shopping baskets and pushing carts filled with groceries. Each person waits patiently behind the person in front of them. At the front of the line, a cashier scans items while the first customer prepares to pay. The line extends backward with three more shoppers holding various products and looking toward the checkout counter. A mother with children stands behind a man with a full cart, while another shopper checks her shopping list. a line of customers waiting to pay for their purchases at a store
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Origin
현대 영어에서 'check out'(확인하고 나가다)와 'line'(줄)이 결합되어 만들어진 복합명사로, 주로 미국에서 슈퍼마켓이나 상점의 계산대 시스템과 함께 발달했습니다.
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“I always choose the checkout line with the fastest cashier, but somehow I still end up behind someone buying 50 lottery tickets.”
“The express checkout line is supposed to be for 10 items or less, but nobody seems to know how to count.”
“She joined the shortest checkout line at the grocery store.”
“During Black Friday, the checkout lines stretched all the way to the back of the store.”
“The self-checkout lines are faster unless you're buying alcohol or having technical difficulties.”
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