point of sale

IPA/ˌpɔɪnt əv ˈseɪl/
IPA/ˌpɔɪnt əv ˈseɪl/

point of sale — 名詞

1. the place in a shop, restaurant, or online store where a customer pays for goods

1.名詞B2
釋義

銷售點

商店或網站中顧客結帳付款的地方

the place in a shop, restaurant, or online store where a customer pays for goods and the sale is officially completed

例句

Andrei installed a modern point of sale system in his small grocery shop.

Andrei 在他的小雜貨店裡安裝了一套現代化的銷售點系統。

collocation: point of sale system

The point of sale screen at Hoa's café froze right when the queue grew long.

Hoa 咖啡館的銷售點螢幕正好在排隊人潮變長時當機了。

常見搭配
  • point of sale system
  • point of sale terminal
  • point of sale transaction
  • at the point of sale
  • point of sale display
同義詞
  • 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.

常見錯誤

I work at the sale point on weekends.
I work at the point of sale on weekends.
the fixed phrase always puts 'point' before 'sale'.

同根字

  • POS
    名詞B2
  • point-of-sale
    形容詞B2

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • point of sale system
  • point of sale terminal
  • point of sale software
  • point of sale transaction
  • point of sale display

常用片語

  • point of sale data
  • point of sale marketing

介系詞搭配

  • at the point of sale