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check-out procedure

check-out procedure

3.1
A set of steps for checking something before you finish or leave
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɛkˌaʊt prəˈsɛdʒər/
translation icon : procedimiento de salida
  • A thorough check-out procedure helps prevent costly mistakes in the lab.

Examples

  • Please review the check-out procedure before leaving your hotel room.

  • The technician followed the check-out procedure carefully before starting the machine.

  • The check-out procedure was quick and efficient.

  • I need to understand the check-out procedure better.

  • A thorough check-out procedure helps prevent costly mistakes in the lab.

  • Please review the check-out procedure before leaving your hotel room.

  • The technician followed the check-out procedure carefully before starting the machine.

Synonyms

inspection
vscheck-out procedure
  • Formal
356 2.5

A careful official check to see if something meets rules and is safe

is a step-by-step verification often used before completion or departure
going-over
vscheck-out procedure
14 4.9

A careful check of something to find problems

is a planned series of actions for verifying before completion or departure
checkout
vscheck-out procedure
  • Specialized
5 2.7

A test to make sure something works correctly

is a planned series of steps for verifying before completion or departure

How Thorough

audit program
  • Specialized
4.2
check-out procedure
3.1
spot check
3 3.6

Surface Forms

check-out procedure singular
check-out procedures plural

Morphology

check-out + procedure

The meaning is directly compositional: 'check-out' (to complete a departure or to verify/accept something) combined with 'procedure' (ordered steps) yields a series of steps for checking out or verifying. This is a common, literal institutional phrase and follows predictable word-formation patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents is likely to infer the meaning.

Etymology

Check-out procedure comes from the parts check and out: check means 'to look or test' and out means 'before you leave', like the steps you follow at a hotel to make sure everything is OK. So it means a set of steps to check something before you finish or leave.