Dictionary

point of sale en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌpɔɪnt əv ˈseɪl/

Meanings

1. The location at which payment for goods is made in an establishment that sells goods or services.
   • His trenchant criticisms of the Church's repression […] include a discussion of the considerable 1938 success of the fledgling NODL in getting magazines removed from various points of sale. 2011, Jay A. Gertzman, Bookleggers and Smuthounds: The Trade in Erotica, 1920-1940:
   • Traditionally, 'ticket office' seems to have been the preferred term in America, with Britain using the term 'booking office' (as an 1881 edition of The Railway Age Monthly and Railway Service Magazine explains). Today, the two are often used interchangeably (as the recent 'Save our ticket offices' campaign shows), with the term 'ticketing' perhaps capturing more of the point-of-sale transaction and issuing of tickets within stations. 2024 March 6, Dr Joseph Brennan, “England's booking offices of distinction”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 56:
   • Near-synonym: point of purchase

Forms

Relateds

checkout · cash register · cash wrap · cash on the barrelhead · checkout counter · salespoint · checkstand · POS

Synonyms

point of purchase · point of service · POS

Translations (24)

it cassa (location at which payment for goods is made) · hu kassza (location at which payment for goods is made) · fr point de vente (establishment that sells goods or services) · hu üzlet (establishment that sells goods or services) · de Verkaufsstelle (establishment that sells goods or services) · pl punkt sprzedaży (establishment that sells goods or services) · hu árusítóhely (location at which payment for goods is made) · de Verkaufsort (establishment that sells goods or services) · ru ка́сса (location at which payment for goods is made) · hu vételi hely (location at which payment for goods is made) · fr caisse (location at which payment for goods is made) · cmn 銷售點 /销售点 (location at which payment for goods is made) · fr point de vente (location at which payment for goods is made) · fi myyntipiste (location at which payment for goods is made) · de Kasse (location at which payment for goods is made) · hu eladási hely (location at which payment for goods is made) · pl kasa (location at which payment for goods is made) · sv kassa (location at which payment for goods is made) · cy pwynt talu (location at which payment for goods is made) · es terminal punto de venta (location at which payment for goods is made) · fi kassa (location at which payment for goods is made) · de Verkaufsplatz (establishment that sells goods or services) · hu értékesítési pont (location at which payment for goods is made) · hu eladás helye (location at which payment for goods is made)