Main Entry: check out

Function: verb

Date: 1921

intransitive verb

1 : to vacate and pay for one's lodging (as at a hotel)
2 : dietransitive verb 1 : to satisfy all requirements in taking away <checked out a library book>
2 a : to itemize and total the cost of and receive payment for (outgoing merchandise) especially in a self-service store b : to have the cost totaled and pay for (purchases) at a checkout