cashier
1an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
an executive who has charge of money, especially one who superintends monetary transactions, as in a bank.
an employee of a business establishment who keeps a record of financial transactions.
Origin of cashier
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Other definitions for cashier (2 of 2)
to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
to discard; reject.
Origin of cashier
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How to use cashier in a sentence
A grocery store cashier gets to move to the front of the line in Kansas, but not New Jersey.
“It’s been totally normal,” a cashier said as he scanned trade-ins.
Despite record stock surge, GameStop is still struggling to stay afloat | Abha Bhattarai, Taylor Telford | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostI promise, when a cashier politely asks a customer to follow the rules, or double-checks that an order is correct before charging the customer's card, it is done from a place of compassion.
Miss Manners: Service workers deserve respect — no matter what | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | January 26, 2021 | Washington PostThat would include people like Dollar General’s cashiers doing customer-facing work.
Dollar General is paying its hourly employees to get vaccinated | Katherine Ellen Foley | January 13, 2021 | QuartzThe cashier passed my order to the chef, who served me within a few minutes.
Even the cashier realizes that they were trying to get away with $300 worth of box sets for $3.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks | M.L. Nestel | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHer father was a war amputee on benefits; her mother a cashier at a skating rink.
Hollande's Jilted Lover Valerie Trierweiler Tells All | Tracy McNicoll | September 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor a number of years, she worked as a cashier at a Burger King in Overland.
From Ferguson Cop Embroiled in a Brutality Suit to City Councilwoman | Michael Daly | August 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA separate cashier next to the checkout counter rings up “call ahead” orders.
Welcome to the Jungle: Pot Tourism | Abby Haglage, Caitlin Dickson | February 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe pays, courteous as ever to the cashier, and when I thank him for lunch, he thanks me.
Suppose your package is stolen by the cashier or paying teller, is the bank responsible?
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesDuncombe indeed had his own reasons for hating Montague, who had turned him out of the place of cashier of the Excise.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayHe had in his hands, as cashier, more than double that sum in good milled silver.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulaySave the cashier at her boxed-in desk and money drawer, she was the only woman in that room full of officers.
The Amazing Interlude | Mary Roberts RinehartHe was regarding, speculatively, the back of young Ovid Nixon, the assistant cashier.
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British Dictionary definitions for cashier (1 of 2)
/ (kæˈʃɪə) /
a person responsible for receiving payments for goods, services, etc, as in a shop
Also called: teller an employee of a bank responsible for receiving deposits, cashing cheques, and other financial transactions; bank clerk
any person responsible for handling cash or maintaining records of its receipt and disbursement
Origin of cashier
1British Dictionary definitions for cashier (2 of 2)
/ (kæˈʃɪə) /
to dismiss with dishonour, esp from the armed forces
rare to put away or discard; reject
Origin of cashier
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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