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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Surveillance video shows the suspect instructing an employee to open the cash register and put all of the money into a bag, including the change from the drawer.
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Riley Rourke, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
The first hint that something unusual was happening came not from critics but cash registers.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
The news station previously interviewed the owners of Mon Cheri Restaurant, who claimed their property was ransacked and around $450 was stolen from the cash register during the robbery turned rendezvous.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
First, Nielsen ended the record-store charade by releasing SoundScan, which used point-of-sales data from cash registers in stores.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
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Riley Rourke, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
The first hint that something unusual was happening came not from critics but cash registers.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
The news station previously interviewed the owners of Mon Cheri Restaurant, who claimed their property was ransacked and around $450 was stolen from the cash register during the robbery turned rendezvous.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 22 Nov. 2025
First, Nielsen ended the record-store charade by releasing SoundScan, which used point-of-sales data from cash registers in stores.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 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 7 Dec. 2025.
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