Question(please)
Hi, there

What do you say when there is no line for (or TO?????) a checkout, toll booth? "That checkout/toll booth is clear(or free, empty???

And do you say "open seats/tables"? Like: You are at a restaurant: "Do you have any open tables?"? Or maybe if you say to your friend: Let's sit over there. That table is open"?. Is it odd?

Thank you

Question

Question(please)
Hi, there

What do you say when there is no line for (or TO?????) a checkout, toll booth? "That checkout/toll booth is clear(or free, empty???

And do you say "open seats/tables"? Like: You are at a restaurant: "Do you have any open tables?"? Or maybe if you say to your friend: Let's sit over there. That table is open"?. Is it odd?

Thank you

Answer

If you wanted to say that there is no line for the checkout/toll booth, you can say "The booth is empty" or "The booth is free." I wouldn't say "The booth is open" because it sounds like it's "open" for business, and not actually "open" in the sense of being free.
For tables, you can say "Do you have any free tables?" and seats you can say "Do you have any empty seats?"

Hope that helped ;)

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