check-out times

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
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
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
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