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

Examples of cash register in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And one of the major challenges combining the fact that just at the cash register consumers are gonna see higher prices, is that many consumers in the data show that more than a third don’t even understand what a tariff is. —Nyse, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2025

Your frontline workers interact with customers daily, at the cash registers, in the aisles or online. —Brett Beveridge, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025

During the shooting, the gunman stalked shoppers and employees in the aisles and behind the cash registers with an AK-47-style rifle. —Reyes Mata Iii, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025

Posting up near the antique cash register when her tables were satiated, waiting to seat the next batch of hungry customers with a joke and a sandwich. —Courtney Crowder, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

cash register

noun

: a business machine that usually has a money drawer, records the amount of money received, and exhibits the amount of each sale