Synonyms

cash register

American

noun

a business machine that indicates to customers the amounts of individual sales, has a money drawer from which to make change, records and totals receipts, and may automatically calculate the change due.

cash register British

noun

a till with a keyboard that operates a mechanism for displaying and adding the amounts of cash received in individual sales

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Etymology

Origin of cash register

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

Example Sentences

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“She’s very smart,” the woman at the cash register would tell Mama.

From Literature

Behind the man, a stuffed owl sat on top of the cash register.

From Literature

At the cash register, I glance out at the car.

From Literature

The car business is the cash register that funds the empire.

From MarketWatch

The finish line isn’t moral resolution, but the banality of the cash register: a product governed where it matters most, at the point of sale.

From The Wall Street Journal

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