self-scan

noun

An electronic system in a supermarket etc. allowing customers to scan the barcodes on their purchases and pay for them without the need for a cashier.

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Meanings

nounself-scan (uncountable)
  1. attributiveuncountablebusinessAn electronic system in a supermarket etc. allowing customers to scan the barcodes on their purchases and pay for them without the need for a cashier.
verbself-scan (third-person singular simple present self-scans, present participle self-scanning, simple past and past participle self-scanned)

present singular third person self-scans · participle present self-scanning · participle past self-scanned · past self-scanned

  1. businessTo use this system.

Origin

From self- + scan.

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APA

self-scan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-scan

MLA

“self-scan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-scan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-scan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-scan.

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