mobile checkout

Portable payment station

Mobile checkout is the process of completing a purchase using a smartphone or tablet, whether through a retailer's app, a mobile website, or a digital wallet.

The term covers both online transactions done on mobile devices and in-store payments made by tapping or scanning a phone: The store added mobile checkout to reduce lines at the register.

Related
  • paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
  • cartVehicle for hauling
  • smartphoneHandheld connected computer
  • tapValve controlling liquid flow
  • swipeQuick sliding motion

wallet · shopping cart · app · seamless · quick · scan · QR · touchscreen · digital · purchase · buy now · transaction · Apple Pay · Google Pay · card reader · point of sale · NFC · contactless

Opposites
mobility/fixedness

mobile checkoutcheckout counter

Retail payment station

checkout aisle · checkout lane · cash register · checkout stand

technology/traditional method

mobile checkoutcash register

Retail transaction machine

Family

mobile, checkout, check, out, mobility, mobilize, mobilization, immobile, immobility

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G