cashierless
English
Etymology
Adjective
cashierless (not comparable)
- (of a point of sale) That does not have cashiers.
- 2012, Anthony P. Chrest, Mary S. Smith, Sam Bhuyan, Parking Structures: Planning, Design, Construction, Maintenance and Repair[1]:
- Cashierless parking facilities with automated payment machines were expected to become as common as ATMs. Fully automated, cashierless pay-on-foot systems are widely used and accepted in Europe.
- 2019 December 26, Liz Alderman, “Self-Checkout in France Sets Off Battle Over a Day of Rest”, in The New York Times[2]:
- While self-checkout machines are often used alongside cashiers, labor unions say that tilting toward fully cashierless operations threatens the French way of life by encouraging American-style consumerism and automation, putting thousands of jobs at risk.