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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His parents sold women’s clothing at the local Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet and starting at six years old, young James was in charge of setting up the tent, manning the cash register and helping his mom set prices for clothes.
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Will Yakowicz, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The stations each have cash registers as well as printers and are staffed by employees cross-trained in driver and vehicle services, according to Giannoulias.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
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
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Will Yakowicz, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The stations each have cash registers as well as printers and are staffed by employees cross-trained in driver and vehicle services, according to Giannoulias.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for cash register
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“Cash register.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cash%20register. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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