point of sale
point of sale — noun
1. the place in a shop, restaurant, or online store where a customer pays for goods
the place in a shop, restaurant, or online store where a customer pays for goods and the sale is officially completed
Andrei installed a modern point of sale system in his small grocery shop.
collocation: point of sale system
The point of sale screen at Hoa's café froze right when the queue grew long.
Vikram put up a 'Cash Only' sign right above his point of sale counter.
Every point of sale transaction at the bookshop is now sent straight to the tax office.
Nkechi showed the new assistant how to open the point of sale drawer safely.
- checkout
a more general term for the payment area; less formal and not used for the software system
- cash register
refers only to the physical machine that holds money, not to the whole payment counter or digital system
- payment terminal
emphasises the electronic card-reading device rather than the full checkout location or process
文法句型
point of sale + noun
用法筆記
Often abbreviated as POS in retail and business settings. The term can refer to the physical checkout counter, the software and hardware system that processes payments, or the moment when a transaction happens.