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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Big box retailers have increasingly been drawn into the nation's culture wars as shoppers of all political persuasions wield their wallets to make their beliefs known at the cash register and on social media.
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Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
And companies pay the supermarkets to place their products at eye level, at the ends of aisles — those have a special name, end caps — and at the cash register.
—Tonya Mosley, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
Owner Jamison Goll opened Jamo’s in 2002, and its time as a tavern dates back to 1890, but a stint in this bar feels like time-traveling back to the 1950s — right down to the mechanical cash register used to collect patrons’ dollars at this cozy, cash-only joint on Milwaukee’s east side.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Some retailers are asking customers to give their change to local or affiliated charities at the cash register, in an effort to avoid pennies as well.
—Ken Sweet, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
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Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
And companies pay the supermarkets to place their products at eye level, at the ends of aisles — those have a special name, end caps — and at the cash register.
—Tonya Mosley, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
Owner Jamison Goll opened Jamo’s in 2002, and its time as a tavern dates back to 1890, but a stint in this bar feels like time-traveling back to the 1950s — right down to the mechanical cash register used to collect patrons’ dollars at this cozy, cash-only joint on Milwaukee’s east side.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Some retailers are asking customers to give their change to local or affiliated charities at the cash register, in an effort to avoid pennies as well.
—Ken Sweet, Fortune, 30 Oct. 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 17 Nov. 2025.
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