a machine used in shops/stores, restaurants, etc. that has a drawer for keeping money in, and that shows and records the amount of money received for each thing that is soldOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectivecomputerized,electronicverb + cash registeropen,work,ring,…cash register + verbringcash-register + nounreceipt,rollprepositionat the cash register,behind the cash register,on the cash register,…Seefull entrySee related entries:In the storeExtra examplesHe gave her $10 from the cash register.Put the money straight into the cash register.Their success is ringing cash registers.There weren’t enough people on the cash registers.an idea that has set cash registers ringing all over the country
See cash register in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
