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billing machine

American  

noun

  1. a business machine used to itemize and total customer accounts, produce bills, post account records, etc.

Etymology

Origin of billing machine

First recorded in 1905–10

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Charles Mattey, then 19 and a commodities clerk, was typing on a billing machine when a body crashed through a skylight and landed in his office.

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