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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In the meantime, NCR’s cash registers became a fixture on retail counters all over the world.
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Alison J. Stein, thehustle.co, 1 May 2026
Victoria Beckham helps out behind the cash register at a Gap store in New York City on April 24 amid the Victoria Beckham x Gap collaboration launch.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
Two men had allegedly escorted a store employee to the store’s office at gunpoint, beat her up to the point of bleeding and facial injuries and demanded access to the cash register and searched the victim’s purse.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Police said three suspects from the same group entered a business wearing masks, holding handguns and a rifle, and took two cash registers and packs of cigarettes.
—Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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Alison J. Stein, thehustle.co, 1 May 2026
Victoria Beckham helps out behind the cash register at a Gap store in New York City on April 24 amid the Victoria Beckham x Gap collaboration launch.
—Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
Two men had allegedly escorted a store employee to the store’s office at gunpoint, beat her up to the point of bleeding and facial injuries and demanded access to the cash register and searched the victim’s purse.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026
Police said three suspects from the same group entered a business wearing masks, holding handguns and a rifle, and took two cash registers and packs of cigarettes.
—Suzanne Le Mignot, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
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“Cash register.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cash%20register. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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