self-checkout

See also: self-check out

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Etymology

From self- +‎ checkout.

Noun

self-checkout (countable and uncountable, plural self-checkouts)

  1. (retail, countable) A self-scan checkout.
  2. (retail, uncountable) The use of self-scan checkouts.
    one of the first stores to introduce self-checkout
    • 2019 December 26, Liz Alderman, “Self-Checkout in France Sets Off Battle Over a Day of Rest”, in The New York Times[1]:
      While self-checkout machines are often used alongside cashiers, labor unions say that tilting toward fully cashierless operations threatens the French way of life by encouraging American-style consumerism and automation, putting thousands of jobs at risk.

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