checkout lines
Store payment queues
Checkout lines are the queues that form at cash registers in stores, where customers wait to pay for their purchases.
The term captures both the physical space—the conveyor belt, dividers, and impulse-buy displays—and the waiting customers themselves.
The checkout lines were brutal on Black Friday.
Standing in checkout lines is a minor but universal modern frustration.
- cashierTill operator
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
- queueOrdered waiting line
- waitingRemaining in expectation
- long waitProlonged period before something
moving along · conveyor · belt · groceries · scanner · beep · chip reader · cart · bags · coupons · credit card · cash back · receipt · express · items · magazine · candy · gum
- consumer hassleshidden fees, out of stock, late delivery, overcharging, refunds
- busy timesrush hour, morning rush, evening rush, lunch rush, peak season
- salessale, sales, selling, salesperson, salesman
- taking turnsalternate, alternating, wait, waiting, rotation
checkout linesself-checkout
Customer-operated payment kiosk
self-service kiosks · automated checkout · mobile checkout · self-scanning · grab-and-go
checkout, lines, check, line, checked, checking, checks, lined, lining