check out

  • 1check out — {v.} 1a. To pay your hotel bill and leave. * /The last guests checked out of their rooms in the morning./ Contrast: CHECK IN. 1b. {informal} To go away; leave. * /I hoped our guest would stay but he had to check out before Monday./ Compare: CHECK …

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  • 2check out — {v.} 1a. To pay your hotel bill and leave. * /The last guests checked out of their rooms in the morning./ Contrast: CHECK IN. 1b. {informal} To go away; leave. * /I hoped our guest would stay but he had to check out before Monday./ Compare: CHECK …

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  • 3Check-out — 〈[ tʃɛkaʊt] od. [tʃɛ̣kaʊt] n. 15〉 1. Abfertigung der Fluggäste nach dem Flug 2. (nach der Herstellung erfolgende abschließende) Kontrolle u. Funktionsprüfung von techn. Geräten [<engl. check „Prüfung, Kontrolle“ + out „aus, heraus“] * * *… …

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  • 4check out — v. t. 1. To inspect or examine. [Colloq.] [PJC] 2. To make a record of having borrowed (something) for temporary use; as, to check out a book at the library; to check out equipment from a depository. [PJC] 3. To bring (items to be purchased) to a …

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  • 5check out — (someone/something) to discover the facts about someone or something. Not one of the places I checked out seemed right for the wedding. We checked out his story, and his boss says he really was at work that day. Usage notes: often used in the… …

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  • 6Check-out — bzw. Checkout steht für: die virtuelle Kasse im E Commerce, siehe Check out (E Commerce) ein Bezahlsystem von Google, siehe Google Checkout die Aktualisierung einer lokalen Kopie in der Versionsverwaltung, siehe Versionsverwaltung#Funktionsweise… …

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  • 7Check-out — Check: Die Bezeichnung für eine »Überprüfung, Kontrolle« stammt aus gleichbed. engl. check, das selbst eine Entlehnung aus afrz. echec »Schach« ist. Bereits im 19. Jh. finden sich im Dt. Belege des Wortes, zunächst allerdings auf die englischen… …

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  • 8check out — v. i. 1. To vacate a room at a hotel, notel, etc. Converse of {check in}. [PJC] 2. To die. [Colloq.] [PJC] …

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  • 9check out — (something) to pay for something you are buying or to let someone record what you are borrowing. To complete your online purchase, check out by clicking on the icon below. Ty checked another three books out of the library this afternoon …

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  • 10check out of … — ˌcheck ˈout (of…) derived to pay your bill and leave a hotel, etc • Guests should check out of their rooms by noon. • I m sorry, they aren t here. They checked out this morning. related noun ↑checkout (2) …

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