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point-of-sale

point-of-sale

5 4.0
The place where customers pay for things in a shop
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɔɪnt əv seɪl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : punto de venta
  • Last year, shoppers used credit cards for 29 percent of point-of-sale purchases; Javelin expects that number to rise to 33 percent by 2017.

Examples

  • By taxing at the point of sale of goods and services, the economy taps into all those dollars.

    Blog text (14)
  • And we must at all points of sale look, that they have cards.

  • A warning had to be posted at each point of sale.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The problem is that many consumers are making buying decisions at the point of sale.

    Blog text (22)
  • Assess interaction with the customer at the point of sale.

    Blog text (16)
  • Consumers: Everyone would pay an extra quarter-cent sales tax at the point of sale.

    Blog text (6)
  • PayPal says the integration with existing point-of-sale solutions uses the PayPal Here APIs.

    Blog text (32)
  • At the point-of-sale, customers can choose to pay with cash or card.

  • The store upgraded its point-of-sale system to improve transaction speed and customer service.

  • To ensure accuracy, the cashier scanned each item at the point-of-sale before finalizing the purchase.

Synonyms

checkout
vspoint-of-sale
35 1.0

A counter in a shop where customers pay for things

is broader, also applying to electronic systems and receipts issuance
checkout counter
vspoint-of-sale
5 1.3

A counter in a store where people pay for their items

is broader, covering both physical locations and payment systems
POS
vspoint-of-sale
  • Specialized
2 3.9

The place or system where customers pay in a shop

is the full phrase rather than the shortened abbreviation

How Automated

automat
  • Archaic
3 7.3
point-of-sale
  • Specialized
5 4.0
cash register
38 1.4
till
  • UK
9 2.1

Surface Forms

point-of-sale positive

Morphology

point-of-sale = point + sale (transparent) = point + sale

The phrase denotes the place where a sale (transaction) occurs and is directly derivable from the components 'point' + 'sale' (the preposition 'of' is a transparent syntactic link).

Etymology

The word point-of-sale comes from the simple words point meaning 'place' or 'spot' and sale meaning 'the act of selling'. So, point-of-sale is a short way to say the exact place where a sale is finished and payment is made.