cash register

Example Sentences

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The car business is the cash register that funds the empire.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026

The finish line isn’t moral resolution, but the banality of the cash register: a product governed where it matters most, at the point of sale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The project was commissioned as part of the La Plaza shopping complex by Julia Carnell, the heiress to a national cash register empire based in Dayton, Ohio.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Ding goes the bell, and ding-ding goes the cash register in Jim’s head.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

I take those up to the cash register.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor