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Open(checkout) Hi, there In a few posts about grocery shopping, I read this: “Please, let there be an self-checkout lane open” and “Now to find an open checkout lane” In this case does open mean that the checkout is open for service (there’s a cashier working the register and ringing people up at the moment) or does it mean that there is no line for a certain checkout? Thank you!

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It is ambiguous. For the self-checkout lane, it could be that the person is hoping that it is open to be used. In the second case of waiting for a cashier, they probably mean that there is no line (since there will always be at least one open checkout lane in a store).
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