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check-out time

check-out time

1 2.1
The latest time a guest must leave their hotel room
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɛkˌaʊt taɪm/
translation icon : hora de salida
  • The hotel asks guests to remember that check-out time is 11:00 a.m.

Examples

  • You must leave the room before the check-out time of 12:00 p.m.

  • Please be aware that the check-out time is strictly 10:00 a.m.

  • It's check out time.

    Grace and Grit (2021)

  • check-out time was 1:00 o'clock, huh?

    Excessive Force (1993)

  • Check-out time! Please vacate the room.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Check-out time.

    A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996)

  • He was also in full rigor; that corroborates the time of death indicated by the body temperature and puts his check-out time at between three and four in the morning.

    Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

time to leave
vscheck-out time
30 1.0

The moment when you should leave a place

is a fixed latest deadline requiring vacancy of room and hotel
checkout
vscheck-out time
9 1.6

The latest time when guests must leave their hotel room

is broader by needing guests to leave the hotel entirely
checkout time
vscheck-out time
5 1.9

The latest time a guest must leave a hotel room

includes vacating the room and also leaving the hotel building
departure time
vscheck-out time
3 1.8

A time a train, bus, or plane is planned to leave

is about a guest deadline to vacate the room and hotel

Surface Forms

check-out time singular
check-out times plural

Morphology

check-out + time

The meaning is directly compositional: 'check out' (to leave a hotel/complete departure) combined with 'time' (a point or deadline) yields the latest time by which a guest must leave. This follows a common noun-formation pattern and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents should be able to infer the meaning.

Etymology

Check-out time comes from hotels where guests check out at the front desk when they 'leave', and staff check the bill and keys so the room can be cleaned. So the check-out time is the latest time you must 'leave' the room.