Definition of "point-of-sale" []

• Of or relating to or being the location where something is purchased (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "VeriFone makes what are called point-of-sale terminals that stores across the country use to process credit-card payments."
• "That first computerized register, known as a point-of-sale, or POS, system, wasn't hooked into the Internet."
• "So-called point-of-sale computers register the sale of a product, its price, and if desired, data on the person buying it."