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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Moments before, the video captures three people inside damaging the business' front door, taking money out of the cash register, and stashing their alcohol.
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Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Illustration of food items placed on the belt of a cash register in a Leclerc supermarket in Valence, France, April 4, 2025.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
Drysdale had been preparing to open The Line, about 60 miles south of Chicago, when the gunman walked in, brandished a firearm and demanded money from the cash register, Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey said at a news conference Tuesday.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Two cash register drawers and a small safe were taken after windows were broke.
—Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Illustration of food items placed on the belt of a cash register in a Leclerc supermarket in Valence, France, April 4, 2025.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
Drysdale had been preparing to open The Line, about 60 miles south of Chicago, when the gunman walked in, brandished a firearm and demanded money from the cash register, Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey said at a news conference Tuesday.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
Two cash register drawers and a small safe were taken after windows were broke.
—Adrienne Davis, jsonline.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Cash register.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cash%20register. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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