express lane
Few-items-only queue
An express lane is a checkout line at a store reserved for customers with few items—typically ten or fifteen or fewer.
The term extends to highway lanes designated for faster-moving traffic, often requiring multiple passengers or a toll: Take the express lane to avoid the backup.
Express lanes promise speed by limiting what enters them.
Payment completion process
- cashierTill operator
- supermarketSelf-service food retailer
- itemsIndividual units or objects
- cartVehicle for hauling
basket · scanner · barcode · conveyor · receipt · bagging · queue · register
Shared commute arrangement
- freewayHighway without tolls
- commuteRegular work travel
- trafficMovement along routes
- mergeCombine into unity
vehicles · occupancy · toll · interstate · motorway · bypass · congestion · fast-moving
Speedy, or skip eating
- quickMoving with speed
- rapidMoving with haste
- accelerateIncrease in velocity
- efficiencyProductive without waste
time-saving · streamlined · expedited · priority · shortcut · convenience · zippy · hurried
Quicker alternative path
- fast-trackAccelerate a process
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- advantageFavorable position or circumstance
- priorityStatus of greater importance
checkout
Payment completion process
- cashierTill operator
- supermarketSelf-service food retailer
- itemsIndividual units or objects
cart · basket · scanner · barcode · conveyor · receipt · bagging · queue · register · purchase
carpool
Shared commute arrangement
merge · vehicles · occupancy · toll · interstate · motorway · bypass · congestion · fast-moving · signage
fast
Speedy, or skip eating
- quickMoving with speed
- rapidMoving with haste
- accelerateIncrease in velocity
efficiency · time-saving · streamlined · expedited · priority · shortcut · convenience · zippy · hurried
shortcut
Quicker alternative path
- fast-trackAccelerate a process
- bypassRoute that skirts obstacles
- advantageFavorable position or circumstance
- groceriesfruits, grocery store, melons, supermarket, watermelon
- shoppingbuying, shopping cart, shop, purchases, sale
- accessaccess, authorization, credentials, exclusive access, insider access
- checkoutcash register, register, checkout, cashier, checkout counter
- lanes
- road featurescurve, bend, straightaway, stretch, junction
express, lane, expression, expressive, expressed, expressionless, unexpressed, inexpressible, unexpressive