point of sale
point of sale — 名詞
1. the place in a shop, restaurant, or online store where a customer pays for goods
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
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。
Vikram put up a 'Cash Only' sign right above his point of sale counter.
Vikram 在他的銷售點櫃檯正上方貼了一張「只收現金」的告示。
Every point of sale transaction at the bookshop is now sent straight to the tax office.
書店裡每一筆銷售點交易現在都直接傳送到稅務機關。
Nkechi showed the new assistant how to open the point of sale drawer safely.
Nkechi 教新助理如何安全地打開銷售點收銀抽屜。
- 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.