check-inadj.n.
/ˈtʃɛkɪn/, U.S. /ˈtʃɛkˌɪn/ A. adj.
Of or relating to the action of checking in at an airport, hotel, etc.; designating or relating to the area or facility where this takes place.
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1947 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 25 Mar. 5/5 (advt.) For later evening trains from terminals, sleeping car tickets will be delivered at the ‘check-in’ desk.
1959 OR 10 69 It was possible to obtain an estimate of the total number of check-in staff required.
1965 Internat. Sci. & Technol. Oct. 30/1 The advantages of high-speed transport were piddled away at the nodes or interfaces: from bus to train, train to train, city terminal to airport terminal, check-in counter to loading gate, and so on.
2005 N. Laird Utterly Monkey 164 Each of the other check-in queues for British Midland was inching forward.
B. n.
The action of checking in; the area or facility where this takes place.
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1959 OR 10 69 One clerk would be required even if completely restricted check-in were in force.
1969 Time 6 June 56 At an airport, Fielding's baggage check-in is a laugh-in.
2004 Scouting Mag. Mar. 66/1 Arriving at Heathrow at 4am, we settled in at check-in to wait for it to open.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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