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cash register
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mechanical or electronic device for registering and calculating transactions at a point of sale
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- cash
- Image
- Caja autoservicio en un supermercado Simply de Madrid.JPG
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- Commons category
- Cash registers
- 2022 Harmonized System Code
- 847050
- inception
- 1879-00-00
- discoverer or inventor
- James Ritty
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Encyclopedic overview
National cash register from the end of the 19th century, National History Museum, Sofia
A cash register, sometimes called a till or automated money handling system, is a mechanical or electronic device for registering and calculating transactions at a point of sale. It is usually attached to a drawer for storing cash and other valuables. A modern cash register is usually attached to a printer that can print out receipts for record-keeping purposes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cash register” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.