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 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

They will deliver packages for Amazon or man a supermarket cash register to pay their bills.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 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

At first I think maybe she is passing through to get to the other side of this crowded store, but she sets her items down on the cash register counter.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson