self-checkout
Noun
Meaning
(retail, countable) A self-scan checkout.
(retail, uncountable) The use of self-scan checkouts.
one of the first stores to introduce self-checkout
Examples
Daily life is better when it involves interactions with real people who have a personal investment in their labour, like shopkeepers, than it is with someone 'just doing my job' or the infernal self-checkout machine.
Officer Josh Madsen is investigating a case of unwanted butt-slapping that took place at Albertsons self-checkout at about 8 PM on New Year’s Eve.
But it’s a temporary position: Soon enough, consumers will be as proficient at self-checkout as they are at getting cash from the bank machine, and the self-checkout tutor will be unnecessary.
Brick-and-mortar stores are rapidly adding self-checkout options usually linked to proprietary mobile apps, giving merchants more control over how payment options are presented.
But self-checkout is just one evolution in the payment process.
What’s more, I can hit the self-checkout and avoid human interaction altogether.