check-out time

check-out time (plural check-out times)

1. The time of day by which one must check out of a hotel, campground, hospital, parking garage, etc.
   • 1991, Wolters Kluwer Law, Business Health Editorial, Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility Manual, page 2-51:

     When a patient chooses to continue to occupy his accommodations in a facility beyond the check-out time, for personal reasons, the facility may charge the beneficiary for his continued stay. Such a stay beyond the check-out time, for the comfort or convenience of the patient, is not covered under the program and the hospital's agreement to participate in the program does not preclude it from charging the patient.

   • 2001, Sue Baker, Pam Bradley, Jeremy Huyton, Principles of Hotel Front Office Operations, →ISBN, page 188:

     Most hotels have a stated check-out time at which departing guests must vacate their rooms. In general, check-out time is between 10.00a.m. and noon. The information regarding this should be written on the key card, as well as stated in the information folder in the hotel guest-room. If guests do not vacate their rooms by the check-out time, a late check-out charge may be imposed.

   • 2016, Christopher Pitts, Amy C Balfour, Lonely Planet USA's National Parks, →ISBN, page 329:

     Aside from backcountry campsites (which require a hike to reach), camping inside the park is allowed only in 12 designated campgrounds and it is limited to 14 consecutive days from July 1 to Labor Day, and 30 days for the rest of the year. Check-out time is 11am.

2. The amount of time it takes to check out.
   • 2006, George Roussos, Ubiquitous and Pervasive Commerce: New Frontiers for Electronic Business, →ISBN:

     Minimizing check-out time appears to be the most attractive feature, with second the capability to continuously monitor the total value of the shopping cart content.

   • 2011, Vaclav Snasael, Jan Platos, Eyas El-Qawasmeh, Digital Information Processing and Communications, →ISBN:

     The use of bar code scanner speeds up the check-out time at the cash register and allows payment of the goods even before reaching the check-out counter.

   • 2011, James A. Chisman, Industrial Cases in Simulation Modeling, →ISBN, page 50:

     Twenty-five percent of the shoppers are express and require an average of 400 seconds shopping time (exponentially distributed) and 90 seconds check-out time (normally distributed with s = 9).

3. The time when one checks out (any sense).
   • 2005, Food Production Management - Volumes 128-129, page 66:

     They couch that a lot of information is available on shoppers' patterns because of the use of scanners at check-out time, but the random paths of shoppers could have a large impact on store layout.

   • 2005, Sherry Anderson Delio, The Efficient Physician: 7 Guiding Principles for a Tech-savvy Practice, →ISBN:

     The throughput time on the above patient, when using the appointment time to check-out time ratio, is 75 minutes. By using check-in time to check-out time, as purists would, the throughput time is 80 minutes. However, the face-to-face time is only 20 minutes; therefore, the patient would perceive value for only 25 percent of the visit.

   • 2010, Greg Jameson, Grow Your Online Sales, →ISBN, page 151:

     In an online store, the shopping cart program must differentiate between shoppers -- long before it tells you who it is at check-out time.

   • 2011, Jeremy Rifkin, The Third Industrial Revolution:

     Guests who use less energy than the norm are rewarded for their eco-conscious behavior at check-out time, with credits on their World NH Loyalty cards, which are redeemable for reduced rates during their next stay at an NH Hotel.

   • 2012, Lexi Boeger, Hand Spun: New Spins on Traditional Techniques, →ISBN, page 156:

     Spinning is my check-out time for meditation, reviewing the day's events and recharging myself for the days to follow.

   • 2012, L.L. Langness, Harold G. Levine, Culture and Retardation, →ISBN:

     But the prone mumblings and twisting of an angel-dust user were a sign, as Ted put it, for “check-out time”.

4. (euphemistic) Death.
   • 2001, Lisa C. Williams, Self Discovery: Prose and Poems-A Journey from Pain to Purpose, →ISBN:

     Right now for You, Lord, I must make time, because soon it will be my check-out time.

   • 2009, Jasmuheen, Divine Radiance - on the Road with the Masters of Magic, →ISBN, page 294:

     If it is their time can they die with dignity and should they have the choice to know about and utilize the ancient method of self-euthanasia used by the lamas throughout time? What is this ancient method and can it be misused? How do we know if what we are facing is our check-out time or just a challenge?

   • 2012, Jim Tuggle, Beyond the Pale, →ISBN:

     Several water smudges and an obvious attempt to wipe them away dotted across the paper. Also, I never (sorry about that, I got a little weepy— fuck it!) planned to carry this affliction to term. My check-out time is another thing that's going to be my call. Dying an inch at a time is not my style.

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