cash register

Example Sentences

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The viral dust-up is helping McDonald’s where it counts—at the cash register.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Jan. 15, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

The bottles are popular enough to enjoy pride of place beside the cash register, and top billing on Circus of Books’ Instagram grid.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

In third grade I began to sum up our grocery bill in my head, silently write it down and hand it over, faster than Delma Royce could total it on her cash register.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver