What is "check out"

check out \check` out"\ v. i.

1. To vacate a room at a hotel, notel, etc. Converse of check in.

2. To die. [Colloq.]

check out \check" out\ v. t.

1. To inspect or examine. [Colloq.]

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.

3. To bring (items to be purchased) to a checkout counter (as at a supermarket or other retail store) where the prices may be totaled and the bill may be paid.

vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To confirm and pay for goods and services at a facility (e.g.: supermarket, online store, hotel) when leaving. 2 (context transitive English) To withdraw (an item), as from a library, and have the withdrawal recorded. 3 (context transitive English) To record (someone) as leaving the premises or as taking something therefrom, as from a library or shop. 4 (context transitive English) To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate. 5 (context transitive English) (sense: computer science) To obtain source code from a repository. 6 (context intransitive English) To become disinterested in an activity and cease to participate in more than a perfunctory manner; to become uncooperative. 7 (context intransitive English) To become catatonic or otherwise nonresponsive. 8 (context intransitive English) To leave in a hurry. 9 (context intransitive euphemistic by extension English) To die. 10 (context intransitive English) To prove (after an investigation) to be the case / in order.

1. v. examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine" [syn: check, check up on, look into, suss out, check over, go over, check into]

2. announce one's departure from a hotel [ant: check in]

3. be verified or confirmed; pass inspection; "These stories don't check!" [syn: check]

4. trace; "We are running down a few tips" [syn: run down]

5. record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased; "She was checking out the apples that the customer had put on the conveyer belt"

6. withdraw money by writing a check [syn: cheque]

7. try to learn someone's opinions and intentions; "I have to sound out the new professor" [syn: sound out, feel out]