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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Walmart officials said in a statement that no ByHeart formula was sold after cash registers were blocked from selling the formula following the recall.
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CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Near the cash register was a fake, hollow pineapple serving as a vase, filled with artificial flowers meant to look as though they were carved out of milk and white chocolate—an Inedible Arrangement.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
Walmart officials said in a statement that no ByHeart formula was sold after cash registers were blocked from selling the formula following the recall.
—Jonel Aleccia, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
The first hint that something unusual was happening came not from critics but cash registers.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
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CBS News, 16 Dec. 2025
Near the cash register was a fake, hollow pineapple serving as a vase, filled with artificial flowers meant to look as though they were carved out of milk and white chocolate—an Inedible Arrangement.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025
Walmart officials said in a statement that no ByHeart formula was sold after cash registers were blocked from selling the formula following the recall.
—Jonel Aleccia, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
The first hint that something unusual was happening came not from critics but cash registers.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 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 26 Dec. 2025.
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