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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One key demonstrator for Unite Here is Jasmine Glass, who worked as a cashier for SSP for three years until getting fired in January 2024 for a shortage of cash in her cash register.
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Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
So the reading glasses weren't for reading as much as for other daily tasks, like threading a needle, quickly figuring out change at a cash register or weeding and sorting grain on a family farm.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
The businesses donate between $125 to $300 a month to help support the cost of supplies, most within easy reach of restrooms, pinball machines or cash registers.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
Cinema operators could rejoice this weekend as cash registers were ringing loudly for the first time in a long time.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
Investigators suspect the men robbed the bakeries’ employees at gunpoint in December and January — taking cash or the business’ cash register each time.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
He’s pulled up guns, a cherry red Vespa, empty cash registers, chairs, manhole covers, a patio umbrella, a traffic cone, wallets, a Steve Madden kitten heel and a purse with $37 inside.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
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
Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 5 Apr. 2024
So the reading glasses weren't for reading as much as for other daily tasks, like threading a needle, quickly figuring out change at a cash register or weeding and sorting grain on a family farm.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 3 Apr. 2024
The businesses donate between $125 to $300 a month to help support the cost of supplies, most within easy reach of restrooms, pinball machines or cash registers.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
Cinema operators could rejoice this weekend as cash registers were ringing loudly for the first time in a long time.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
Investigators suspect the men robbed the bakeries’ employees at gunpoint in December and January — taking cash or the business’ cash register each time.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
He’s pulled up guns, a cherry red Vespa, empty cash registers, chairs, manhole covers, a patio umbrella, a traffic cone, wallets, a Steve Madden kitten heel and a purse with $37 inside.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
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
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“Cash register.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cash%20register. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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