How to Use cash register in a Sentence

cash register

noun
  • Stringer's store had a stack of Aaliyah posters next to the cash register.
    Kelley L. Carter, Detroit Free Press, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The Wednesday lunch crowd stretched from the cash register to the front door.
    Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 26 May 2022
  • Here and there, the clang of a cash register winks over the proceedings.
    Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
  • With trembling hands, the teen searched for the key to open the cash register drawer, The New York Times reports.
    Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Just above the cash register hangs a gifted bear skin rug, said Hardy.
    Kathy Stephenson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Pro tip: Don’t ignore the giant cookies in the glass case by the cash register.
    Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Avalos also claimed that the men stole $2,000 from the cash register at the store.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The robbers grabbed about $300 from a cash register and demanded to know if the store had a safe.
    Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Nothing was stolen from the shop; the business is cashless and does not have a cash register.
    Christina Tkacik, baltimoresun.com, 3 Feb. 2022
  • There’s also a swing near the front of the shop, and a framed photo of Lawson’s mother sits near the cash register.
    Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Their cash register is no more than 10 paces from their kitchen.
    Tom Henderson | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 21 Apr. 2022
  • The footage allegedly showed the man who had been detained at the scene had jumped over the counter and taken a cash register.
    Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
  • Power tools sold at Lowe’s will only work once the bar code gets scanned at the cash register.
    Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 July 2023
  • To add to the old-time charm, the order counters include chunky cash registers and '80s menu boards.
    Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Their neon pie man sign is mounted on the few wood boards that survived on the wall behind the cash register.
    Dallas News, 31 Oct. 2022
  • In the video, the suspect walks into the store and pushes a customer in a red shirt that is near the cash register into the corner of the store.
    Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2023
  • Save: Click the + to save the offer and place your order online, or scan your barcode at the cash register.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Kids can serve up orders and then use the little cash register to ring it all up.
    Jessica Booth, Parents, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Some of them also took money out of the cash register, according to the NYPD.
    Paul Best, Fox News, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Gone are the days of paper imprinted slips and using a roller at the cash register.
    Kalpesh Kapadia, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023
  • At the Corner Store in Sperryville, a poster about the permits was taped to the wooden countertop near the scale and the cash register.
    Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2022
  • After appearing to shop, the suspect brandished a knife, told the clerk to open the cash register and then kneel on the floor.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Framed photos hanging on the wall near the cash register display the smiles and hugs from opening night.
    Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 1 July 2023
  • The burglar crawled inside, checked the cash register and tried to pry open the door to the manager’s office but failed.
    Daily Southtown Staff, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2022
  • As prices for goods are on the rise, there has been a debate over how much control consumers have at the cash register.
    Abc News, ABC News, 20 July 2022
  • The original cash register was sitting on the floor, and there were stacks of dishes and chairs from the restaurant.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2022
  • The woman behind the cash register is looking hard at me.
    Claudia Hinz, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The food counter, next to the cash register, features a huge menu, posted on a 1970s-era letterboard.
    Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The man then walked to the front wearing a white skull mask and brandishing a firearm, and demanded the clerk hand over the money in the cash register.
    Ricardo Delgado, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Store surveillance video showed that the suspect had touched the cash register.
    cleveland, 20 Aug. 2021

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