WordWeb Online

1. The act of inspecting or verifying
   - check, check-out procedure
    
2. The latest time for vacating a hotel room
   "the checkout here is 12 noon";
   - checkout time
    
3. A counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases
   - checkout counter
    
4. The process or facility for paying for purchases

1. Examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition
   "Check out the engine";
   - check, check up on, look into, suss out [Brit, informal], check over, go over, check into, suss [Brit, informal], sus [Brit, informal]
    
2. Confirm and pay for goods (or services) using a payment facility
    
3. Announce one's departure from a hotel
    
4. Be verified or confirmed; pass inspection
   "These stories don't check out!";
   - check
    
5. Trace
   "We are checking out a few tips";
   - run down
    
6. Record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased
   "She was checking out the apples that the customer had put on the conveyer belt"
    
7. [US] Withdraw money by writing a check
   - cheque [Brit, Cdn], check
    
8. Try to learn someone's opinions and intentions
   "I have to check out the new professor";
   - sound out, feel out

Derived forms: checks out, checking out, checkouts, checked out

Type of: act on, analyse [Brit, Cdn], analyze [N. Amer], canvass, counter, departure time, draw, draw off, examine, follow up on, inspection, pursue, query, question, report, review, study, take out, time of departure, withdraw

Antonym: check in

Encyclopedia: Checkout