check-in
the act or fact of checking in.
Origin of check-in
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How to use check-in in a sentence
Change the location from a hotel lobby to an airport check-in desk and this crazy scenario becomes all too familiar.
Flying Coach Is the New Hell: How Airlines Engineer You Out of Room | Clive Irving | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter presenting false passports at the check-in counter, they were soon on their way to Rome.
Mossad’s Greatest Female Assassin: An Excerpt From ‘Sylvia Rafael’ | Ram Oren, Moti Kfir | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen I asked the people at the check-in desks for other options to get to New York today, I got a sad clown face.
Eleven Years After 9/11, Flying Is Safe, Routine, and Annoying | Daniel Gross | September 11, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe check-in line for our flight was short, and the terminal seemed strangely empty.
Most airlines open their online check-in systems 24 hours in advance of wheels-up.
The buildings turned out to be a few single-story administrative shacks clustered around a check-in point.
The Scarlet Lake Mystery | Harold Leland GoodwinAnd this is a check-in card, did you call it a check-in card?
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President KennedyAn American businessman next to her at the check-in counter saw her puzzling over it.
Makers | Cory Doctorowcheck-in was a lot simpler than at a coffin-hotel or a Hilton: just a brief discussion of the available rooms and a quick tour.
Makers | Cory DoctorowI only found the checkout, I didn't ever see the check-in—I think I did see it one time.
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
British Dictionary definitions for check in
(intr) to record one's arrival, as at a hotel or for work; sign in or report
(tr) to register the arrival of (passengers, etc)
the formal registration of arrival, as at an airport or a hotel
(as modifier): check-in time
the place where one registers arrival at an airport, etc
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Other Idioms and Phrases with check-in
Record one's arrival at a hotel, conference, or other function, as in I asked the hotel if we could check in early. [Early 1900s] Also see check into, def. 2.
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