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Uncommoncheck out
The correct spelling is check out.
How to pronounce check out
verb
Say it like: Che-k o-wt
The correct spelling is check out. To confirm and pay for goods and services at a facility (e.g.: supermarket, online store, hotel) when leaving. For example: "Be sure to check out of the hotel before noon."
Usage Examples
“Be sure to check out of the hotel before noon.”
“He checked his favorite mystery out for the twenty-third time.”
“The desk clerk checked out the family that had been staying in room 322.”
Definition
verb
- 1.To confirm and pay for goods and services at a facility (e.g.: supermarket, online store, hotel) when leaving.
- 2.To withdraw (an item), as from a library, and have the withdrawal recorded.
- 3.To record (someone) as leaving the premises or as taking something therefrom, as from a library or shop.
- 4.To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.
- 5.To obtain source code from a repository.
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