self-check out
self-check out verb: to check out using a self-checkout.
Verb
self-check out (third-person singular simple present self-checks out, present participle self-checking out, simple past and past participle self-checked out)
- To check out using a self-checkout.
- Younger people began to use supermarkets like convenience stores, just buying and self-checking out a few snacks.2003, Steve Barnett, “Understand and Apply Sociology and Anthropology: Build Brand and Leadership through Anthropology and Scenario Planning”, in Dave Ulrich, Marshall Goldsmith, Louis Carter, Jim...
- Whether it is buying tires, renting movies, buying insurance, watching TV and consuming news, checking in at a kiosk in an airport, or self-checking out in a supermarket (even if it takes a little bit longer and more work), we are migrating rapidly to an N = 1 world.2008, C[oimbatore] K[rishnarao] Prahalad, M[ayuram] S. Krishnan, “The Transformation of Business”, in The New Age of Innovation: Driving Cocreated Value Through Global Networks, New York, N.Y....
Forms of self-check out
| third-person singular present | self-checks out |
|---|---|
| present participle | self-checking out |
| past participle | self-checked out |
| past | self-checked out |
| alternative form | self-check-out |
Origin of self-check out
From self- + check out.
Questions about self-check out
- What does self-check out mean?
- Self-check out means to check out using a self-checkout.
- What part of speech is self-check out?
- Self-check out is a verb.
- What is the past tense of self-check out?
- The past tense of self-check out is self-checked out.
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