Checkout versus Check out

What is the Difference Between Checkout and Check Out?

When to Use Checkout

Checkout can be a noun or an adjective.


When used as a noun, checkout means a final departure from a hotel or the cashier’s line at a supermarket.

For example,

A sign on the door of each room reminded the hotel’s guests that checkout was at 11am each morning.

“I hate coming to this store,” said Carla, “there is always a long line for the checkout.”

When used as an adjective, checkout describes the nature of the nouns above. For instance, a checkout time is when a guest leaves a hotel (opposite of a check-in time), and a checkout line is the queue for buying groceries in a supermarket. I have included more examples below for reference.

When I got to the checkout counter, the cashier smiled and asked me if I had a membership card at the store.

When to Use Check Out

Check out is a verb phrase. To check something out means to sign for its possession before taking it with you, like books at a library, or to purchase goods at a grocery store, like produce in the express checkout line.

You can also sandwich nouns into the phrase, like check books out of the library.

For example,

“I’m going to check out; meet me at the front of the store when you’re done being silly,” Carol told her son.

I tried to check out a book from the library, but I had too many overdue fees and had to pay them first.

Check out can also mean to appraise something or to leave, either literally or figuratively.

“Hey man, have you checked out Dave’s new pontoon boat? We can have lake parties every weekend now!” (appraise something)

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