In plain English
This means confirming that you are the person who owns a customer account that already exists. It happens before the purchase is finished.
In context
Here, it requests that you prove you are the holder of an existing customer account before continuing with the purchase.
- Situation
- Using carts, promotions, checkout, delivery choices, and order confirmation
- What it communicates
- requests account sign-in to continue the checkout flow
Meaning limits
This sense is only about proving account ownership, not about any later decision or outcome.
Examples
“At the payment step, Omar had to sign in to check out with the customer account he already used for previous orders.”
“The store asks account holders to sign in to check out once they have reviewed their basket.”