cash register
noun
: a business machine that usually has a money drawer, indicates the amount of each sale, and records the amount of money received
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But what puzzles the team is that the cash register was cleaned out, but Virgil’s wallet’s still in his pocket.
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Knight and his friends, prosecutors said, stole around $500 from the cash registers and roughly $24,000 worth of pain pills, though those were not the pills Knight sold to undercover officers.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
The footage shows the burglar prying open a cash register that didn’t contain any money.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
The inspection officer reportedly spotted an open display box of Black & Mild cigars on a shelf behind the cash register.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
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Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
Knight and his friends, prosecutors said, stole around $500 from the cash registers and roughly $24,000 worth of pain pills, though those were not the pills Knight sold to undercover officers.
—Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
The footage shows the burglar prying open a cash register that didn’t contain any money.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
The inspection officer reportedly spotted an open display box of Black & Mild cigars on a shelf behind the cash register.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Cash register.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cash%20register. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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