Phrase guide

cash register

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkæʃ.ɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.stə(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A machine that tabulates the amount of sales transactions, makes a permanent and cumulative record of them, and has a drawer in which cash can be kept.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Jewish piano, Jewish typewriter, till

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A point of sale.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: register

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cashbox, money box, till

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: kasregister — machine
  • Arabic: آلَة تَسْجِيل نَقْد (ʔālat tasjīl naqd) — machine
  • Armenian: դրամարկղային մեքենա (dramarkġayin mekʻena) — machine
  • Armenian: դրամարկղ (dramarkġ) — machine
  • Azerbaijani: kassa aparatı — machine
  • Belarusian: ка́савы апара́т (kásavy aparát) — machine
  • Bulgarian: ка́сов апара́т (kásov aparát) — machine
  • Burmese: ဈေးရောင်းစက် (jhe:raung:cak) — machine
  • Catalan: caixa registradora — machine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 收銀機 /收银机 (shōuyínjī) — machine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 現金出納機 /现金出纳机 (xiànjīn chūnàjī) — machine
  • Czech: pokladna — machine
  • Danish: kasseapparat — machine
  • Dutch: kassa — machine
  • Estonian: kassa — machine
  • Estonian: kassaaparaat — machine
  • Faroese: kassi — machine
  • Finnish: kassakone — machine
  • French: caisse enregistreuse — machine
  • Galician: caixa rexistradora — machine
  • Galician: caixa — machine
  • Georgian: სალაროს აპარატი (salaros aṗaraṭi) — machine
  • German: Registrierkasse — machine
  • German: Kasse — machine
  • Greek: ταμειακή μηχανή (tameiakí michaní) — machine
  • Hungarian: kassza — machine
  • Hungarian: pénztárgép — machine
  • Icelandic: peningakassi — machine
  • Icelandic: kassi — machine
  • Icelandic: sjóðvél — machine
  • Irish: scipéad cláraithe — machine
  • Italian: registratore di cassa — machine
  • Japanese: キャッシュレジスター (kyasshu rejisutā) — machine
  • Japanese: レジ (reji) — machine
  • Japanese: レジスター (rejisutā) — machine
  • Kazakh: кассалық аппарат (kassalyq apparat) — machine
  • Korean: 금전 등록기 (geumjeon deungnokgi) — machine
  • Kyrgyz: кассалык аппарат (kassalık apparat) — machine
  • Macedonian: ка́са (kása) — machine
  • Macedonian: регистар каса (registar kasa) — machine
  • Malay: daftar tunai — machine
  • Malay: mesin daftar tunai — machine
  • Māori: tīhaka moni — machine
  • Mongolian: кассын машин (kassyn mašin) — machine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kassaapparat — machine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kasseapparat — machine
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kassaapparat — machine
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kasseapparat — machine
  • Iranian Persian: صَنْدوقِ فُروشْگاهی (sanduġ-e forušgâhi) — machine
  • Polish: kasa — machine
  • Polish: kasa fiskalna — machine
  • Portuguese: caixa registradora — machine
  • Portuguese: caixa registadora — machine
  • Romanian: registru de casă — machine
  • Russian: ка́ссовый аппара́т (kássovyj apparát) — machine
  • Russian: ка́сса (kássa) — machine
  • Scottish Gaelic: cobhan — machine
  • Serbo-Croatian: бла̀га̄јна — machine
  • Serbo-Croatian: blàgājna — machine
  • Slovak: pokladnica — machine
  • Slovak: kasa — machine
  • Slovak: pokladňa — machine
  • Slovene: blagájna — machine
  • Spanish: caja registradora — machine
  • Swedish: kassaapparat — machine
  • Tagalog: kaha-rehistro — machine
  • Tagalog: kaha — machine
  • Thai: เครื่องบันทึกเงินสด (krʉ̂ʉang-ban-tʉ́k-ngən-sòt) — machine
  • Turkish: yazar kasa — machine
  • Turkish: kasa — machine
  • Ukrainian: ка́совий апара́т (kásovyj aparát) — machine
  • Uzbek: kassa apparati — machine
  • Vietnamese: máy tính tiền — machine