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 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 Last year, in the biting cold, cups of hot chocolate and mini bottles of Fireball cinnamon whiskey kept the cash register busy in the dark of 5:30 a.m and onward for the next seven hours. Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2024 The idea was to leave its reflective surface completely bare—sans cash register, even—a visually striking setup that contrasts the rest of the space’s minimalist, wooden aesthetic with blocky, Donald Judd-esque tables and vintage Scarpa chairs. Joshua Glass, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2024 Just up the street, Lety’s Diner sits on Main Street, a small, clapboard-floor eatery with five tables and plastic vegetables strung over the cash register. USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024 Pro tip: Don’t ignore the giant cookies in the glass case by the cash register. Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 Hence the emergence of typewriters, adding machines, and cash registers. IEEE Spectrum, 13 Feb. 2024 The scanners also mean employees don’t need to ask customers for their membership cards at cash registers and self-checkout. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2024 The company already uses AI to do some of this data extraction and to automate some of accounting tasks, such as trying to reconcile numbers in financial accounts, with the sales receipts from cash registers. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cash register was in 1879

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“Cash register.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cash%20register. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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

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