cash register
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- noun
- /ˈkæʃ ˈrɛdʒɪstər/
:
caja registradora
- The first scene in the simulation depicts the cashier standing by the cash register, glancing through an unidentified magazine.
Well, that cash register is a computer.
- Well, that cash register is a computer.
- And that's a communication to the, to the person at the cash register that I want to purchase those items.
- For example, we would go to the souk to go shopping and Westerners standing in line at the cash register waiting to pay.
- But of course, we rarely find meaning around the next purchase or or after the the the cash register Dings its silent victory.
- So I'd done stocking and, you know, customer service, you know, doing a cash register, all that.
- They didn't have socks and yet now I'm at the cash register giving them their alcohol, knowing that their kids are on fucking socks.
Examples
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BUSTER opens the cash register, drops his coffee money inside, and closes the register.
Fiction book (1990) -
Wal-Mart obtains sales information at the cash register using a bar code scanner.
Academic text (2004) -
And how to make change at the cash register.
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I got the money out of the cash register and left the building.
Academic text (2003) -
$32 in the cash register.
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The chair was by the cash register, and Pat stepped on it.
Fiction book (1994) -
The angry-looking Greek man at the cash register looked over at Alan.
Fiction book (1994) -
I slide the box along the shiny metal rails to the lady at the cash register.
Fiction book (1995) -
Emilio stood next to the cash register, and with a beer in his hand, glared at Jake.
Fiction book (1996) -
The cashier rang up my items at the cash register and gave me my receipt.
Synonyms
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A machine in a shop that records sales and holds money
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Morphology
The meaning 'a machine used in shops for adding up the cost of purchases and recording transactions' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'cash' (money) with 'register' (a device for recording sales). This noun compound follows a regular compositional pattern found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand it without prior exposure.
Etymology
The name cash register comes from the machine's job: cash ('money') and register ('to record'). Early shop machines would ring and open a small drawer to show a sale was recorded and keep the money safe, so the phrase now means the machine that adds up sales and holds the cash.