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cashier

cashier

85 1.0
A person who takes payments in places like shops, banks, or restaurants
  • noun
  • /kæˈʃɪr/
translation icon : cajero
  • The cashier at the grocery store scanned my items and told me the total.
  • job as a cashier
  • responsibility of the cashier
  • cashier's check

You know who that's comparable to fast food cooks and cashiers at at checkout stores.

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Examples

  • This man comes into our store saying the exact same story, but he must have forgot that I was his cashier as he comes up to me again.

  • I was a cashier at a Trade Centre in Boxburg.

  • Anyway, the cashier says, all right, guys, have a good day.

  • OK, Now the the cashier is going to be waiting until somebody shows up in line, right?

  • -Pay the cashier right over there.

  • Even though my Charlie had been head cashier at the bank, we were not anywhere near rich.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The other day, I go to a supermarket, man, and the cashier goes, hey, hey, you need a mask?

  • At the end of the day, the cashier prints a cash receipt report.

    Academic text (2004)
  • After placing the second item in the bag, the cashier requests, "A dollar ninety-nine, please."

    Academic text (2002)
  • Bruno slides a $15 check to the cashier, who counts a stack of bills.

    Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

clerk
vscashier
  • US
110 1.1

A person who helps customers and handles sales at a shop

specializes in receiving payments at counters in shops, banks, or restaurants
teller
vscashier
58 1.4

A bank worker who handles customers' cash at the counter

handles payments across shops, banks, and restaurants rather than only bank payouts
bank clerk
vscashier
3 2.1

A person who works at a bank and helps customers with money

works across retail and dining settings handling general payments for sales
counterman
vscashier
3 7.2

A person who serves customers at a counter, for example in a diner

focuses on payment processing for goods and services rather than mainly food service
casher
vscashier
1 2.9

A person who handles money and checks for customers at a shop or bank

receives and processes a wider range of payments for goods and services
shop clerk
vscashier
1 1.9

A person who helps customers buy things in a store

focuses on taking and processing payment rather than general sales help
counterperson
vscashier
4.6

A person who serves customers from behind a counter in a diner or shop

is used more broadly for payment processing across many service locations

How Experienced

head
2.2
cashier
85 1.0
junior
99 2.4

Surface Forms

cashier singular
cashiers plural

Morphology

cashier = cash (semi-transparent) = cash + ier

The word can be interpreted as referring to a person associated with cash handling, but the suffix is not a fully transparent productive pattern for many learners.

Etymology

Cashier originally named the person who kept the 'box' of money. It comes from French caissier, from caisse 'box' (like Latin capsa), and you can see the same idea in cash — someone who looks after the money.