cash register

American  

noun

• cash registers
  plural

1. a business machine that indicates to customers the amounts of individual sales, has a money drawer from which to make change, records and totals receipts, and may automatically calculate the change due.

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cash register British  

noun

1. a till with a keyboard that operates a mechanism for displaying and adding the amounts of cash received in individual sales

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• cash registers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of cash register

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

cash register

She told the relative that she had to go back in because her company had asked her to move money from the cash register into a safe.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

The two men work the cash register and chat with customers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Decades before plastic became the default currency at the cash register and Venmo became a verb, pulling out a paper checkbook to pay for weekly groceries was a standard routine in American life.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

They agreed to pay half a cent more at the cash register to fund buses, trains and pothole fillings in 2016.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

I move for the cash register, where Joel assists me again.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera