register
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈrɛdʒɪstər/
:
caja registradora
- I go into this coffee shop and the and the girl working the register is like, oh, hey, I'm a big fan of your show.
- cash register
Well, we're still not opening a second register, said CVS.
- Well, we're still not opening a second register, said CVS.
- I worked in a liquor store bringing people up at the register.
- I would buy a second phone and leave it at the register and have cashiers do this during downtime.
- We're ordering at the food at the cash register.
- My dad's two highest paid employees for the entire course of him running the liquor store worked the register because they didn't want people to steal.
- You, yes, you could come in and buy like a chair or a oil painting or some cookies that have been by the register for months.
- And McDonald's didn't want me to cook because usually they always put the men back on the the grill and the women at the register.
- Texting during an actual phone call will increase your appointment ratio, your appointment show ratio, and ultimately ring a cash register.
- For example, we would go to the souk to go shopping and Westerners standing in line at the cash register waiting to pay.
- Now I have to go to the automatic, the automatic cash register stores and find the barcode and scan it.
- It just God, what would I have been cash register repair person like my dad?
- 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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The secret of business is, you stay close to the cash register and lock up yourself.
Fiction book (1992) -
After finishing my shift, I counted the money in the register to ensure it matched the sales.
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I go to the register and I give her my card and she says e-mail please.
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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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Billy remembered that more than $45 was missing from the register the night before.
Academic text (2002) -
Luella had come from the cash register to the kitchen when the trouble started.
Fiction book (1993) -
And it was all rung up on the cash register, which made the boys laugh.
Fiction book (1992) -
The angry-looking Greek man at the cash register looked over at Alan.
Fiction book (1994) -
She'll be working the register and stocking the shelves.
Synonyms
38
1.4
A machine in a shop that adds up prices and holds money
Compounds
1
3.5
A book or list where you record checks and deposits to track your bank account
- Specialized
The lower part of the voice you feel vibrating in your chest when you speak or sing
- Specialized
A small storage inside the computer's processor that keeps calculation results by adding new numbers to old ones
- Specialized
A small storage inside the computer that changes an address to find data in memory
- Specialized
A tone language that uses high or low voice pitch to show different word meanings
How Automated
Surface Forms
Etymology
Register comes from the Medieval Latin word registrum, which means 'a written list'. Shops called the machine a 'register' because it records each sale, just like writing entries in a book.