check-out time

Noun

check-out time (plural check-out times)

1. The time of day by which one must check out of a hotel, campground, hospital, parking garage, etc.
   • When a patient chooses to continue to occupy his accommodations in a facility beyond the check-out time, for personal reasons, the facility may charge the beneficiary for his continued stay. Such a stay beyond the check-out time, for the comfort or convenience of the patient, is not covered under...1991, Wolters Kluwer Law, Business Health Editorial, Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Manual, page 2-51
   • Most hotels have a stated check-out time at which departing guests must vacate their rooms. In general, check-out time is between 10.00a.m. and noon. The information regarding this should be written on the key card, as well as stated in the information folder in the hotel guest-room. If guests do...2001, Sue Baker, Pam Bradley, Jeremy Huyton, Principles of Hotel Front Office Operations, →ISBN, page 188
2. The amount of time it takes to check out.
   • Minimizing check-out time appears to be the most attractive feature, with second the capability to continuously monitor the total value of the shopping cart content.2006, George Roussos, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Commerce: New Frontiers for Electronic Business, →ISBN
   • The use of bar code scanner speeds up the check-out time at the cash register and allows payment of the goods even before reaching the check-out counter.2011, Vaclav Snasael, Jan Platos, Eyas El-Qawasmeh, Digital Information Processing and Communications, →ISBN
3. The time when one checks out (any sense).
   • They couch that a lot of information is available on shoppers' patterns because of the use of scanners at check-out time, but the random paths of shoppers could have a large impact on store layout.2005, Food Production Management - Volumes 128-129, page 66
   • The throughput time on the above patient, when using the appointment time to check-out time ratio, is 75 minutes. By using check-in time to check-out time, as purists would, the throughput time is 80 minutes. However, the face-to-face time is only 20 minutes; therefore, the patient would perceive...2005, Sherry Anderson Delio, The Efficient Physician: 7 Guiding Principles for a Tech-savvy Practice, →ISBN
4. (euphemistic) Death.
   • Right now for You, Lord, I must make time, because soon it will be my check-out time.2001, Lisa C. Williams, Self Discovery: Prose and Poems-A Journey from Pain to Purpose, →ISBN
   • If it is their time can they die with dignity and should they have the choice to know about and utilize the ancient method of self-euthanasia used by the lamas throughout time? What is this ancient method and can it be misused? How do we know if what we are facing is our check-out time or just a...2009, Jasmuheen, Divine Radiance - on the Road with the Masters of Magic, →ISBN, page 294