Rasa Didžiulienė (asker) Apr 17, 2014:

Thank you for your explanation

Gintautas Kaminskas Apr 17, 2014:

Checkouts and tills Rasa, what we have in the pictures you supplied are definitely "checkouts". However, as per the references Valters has found, it appears that in the UK at least (not Australia or North America, as far as I know) the word "till" is still used for a cash register. Part of the uncertainty about all this maybe be due to the fact that in Lithuanian, depending on the context, the word „kasa“ may be used to mean either checkout or till/cash register. It goes hand-in-hand with „kasininkė“, who is in charge of the „kasa“ (checkout and till/cash register). I guess, strictly speaking, till/cash register is „kasos aparatas“.

Valters Feists Apr 17, 2014:

"Checkout" ("th "Checkout" (and "the checkouts" implying a combination of several) is known also in the British Isles.
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Native language English (Midlands UK)
"The checkout is the area of a supermarket where the tills are, with their accompanying assistants (= checkout operators), desks, conveyor belts etc."
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1712418&p=12...
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Native language British English
"The checkout is the whole area and process of paying for something in a shop."
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1712418&p=12...
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Location Belfast, Ireland
Native language English-Ireland (top end)
"In my head, if the goods are set on one of those moving belt gizmos the whole set-up is a checkout.
The thingy with the buttons and the drawer of cash underneath is a till.
The megamarket out in the country with a huge carpark has checkouts.
The newsagent down the road has a till."
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2079851&s=18...

Inga Jokubauske Apr 17, 2014:

I agree that checkout will be understood everywhere around the world. Term "tills" are widely used in the UK; you can hear an occasional "checkout", but you are much more likely to hear "tills". Can't comment for the rest of the world.

Rasa Didžiulienė (asker) Apr 17, 2014:

Dear Gintautas,

Ok, so a lot of people agreed with the "tills". However, now you state that "a till" may be the wrong word. So now I will make my questions clearer by giving you a visual example.

Question: How do you call the PLACE itself where these people are standing and the cashiers are sitting? I'm talking about huge supermarkets with a lot of such places (sometimes up to 30 such places).
Image 1: http://www.15min.lt/images/photos/616141/big/1228456429preky...
Image 2: http://www.retail-media.lt/wp-content/gallery/ekranai-prie-p...

Gintautas Kaminskas Apr 17, 2014:

"Till" is archaic I didn't say anything once Rasa chose "till" as the answer, but now that you mention it, I don't think it's the right answer. In Australia and North America, it's definitely "checkout" or "cashier". Inga says « Parduotuvėje labai dažnai galima išgirsti: This is a staff announcement. Could (XYZ) please make their way to the tills. » Well, I can't comment on that, but "checkouts" or "cashiers" would be readily understood as well.

Valters Feists Apr 17, 2014:

Two discussion threads about the varying usage (1) “Thread: a till and a cash desk”
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2079851
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(2) “Thread: Till vs checkout”
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1712418
(2nd May 2012, 3:57 PM: “till brings to mind a rickety old wooden thing that goes “bing” when you open the drawer, not the high-tech variants found these days in big shops.”)

Rasa Didžiulienė (asker) Apr 16, 2014:

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cash_desk

Gintautas Kaminskas Apr 15, 2014:

I haven't heard "cash desk". But when there is only one cash register, they often say "take it to the cashier".

Rasa Didžiulienė (asker) Apr 15, 2014:

And how about "cash desks"?