cash register

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Waking up early, pricing items, setting up tables and manning the cash register — all of this is, as you say, labor.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Now they’re changing the currency on the cash register.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 16, 2025

When Patterson first gained control over James Ritty’s 1879 invention, the cash register, he discovered he had a quality product with no demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

At Attari Sandwich Shop, known for its beef tongue sandwich, the pre-revolution Iranian flag hung near the cash register — but none of the diners wanted to give an interview.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2025

While he went behind the counter to unlock the cash register, I walked over to the rack where the tablets and pencils were.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns