express line

Fewer items register

An express line is a checkout lane at a store reserved for customers with few items—typically ten or fifteen or fewer.

The idea is faster service by excluding large orders: I just have three things, I'll use the express line.

Express lines also appear in other contexts where speed matters, such as toll booths or amusement park rides.

Related

cashier · queue · fast lane · lane · speedy · quick · conveyor · scanner · items · item limit · limit · ten · cash register · register · beep · basket · efficient · priority

Categories
Opposites
checkout speed and volume

express linestandard line

Established norm or procedure

slow lane · self-checkout

Family

express, line, expressed, expressing, expresses, expression, expressions, expressive, expressively

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G