The phrase "checkout lane" refers to the area in a store where you pay for your items before leaving. It is where you usually find cashiers, cash registers, and conveyor belts for scanning and bagging your purchases. Full definition
Check yourself out The regular checkout lanes stick you beside the treats your kids — and your inner kid — want to grab. (health.com)
The phenomenon also extends to day - to - day situations such as sharing utility costs with a roommate or jockeying for position at grocery store checkout lanes. (sciencedaily.com)
Plus, if online grocery shopping becomes the norm — and with Amazon leading the charge, it's seemingly only a matter of time — those impulse purchases of Hershey's bars, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Twizzlers and the other candies, mints and chewing gum Hershey sells in supermarket checkout lanes will slowly begin to disappear. (adage.com)