self-checkout
See also: self-check out
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]self-checkout (countable and uncountable, plural self-checkouts)
- (retail, countable) A self-scan checkout.
- (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.
Translations
[edit]a location in shops where customers can scan and pay for their purchases themselves
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the use of self-scan checkouts
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