Yet as an early form of managing information flows in American business the cash register had a huge impact.
In the past, the in-store technology focus for retailers included the traditional front-end point of sale (that is, cash register), associated receipt printers, scanners, and displays.
From that booth the men could watch the crowd at the pool tables and keep a watchful eye on Alexi near the cash register, and Nicolo drawing beers behind the bar.
He pilfer from a cash register.
Later, she was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for stealing money from cash register.
Strolling through a small Middle Eastern store in a Boston suburb, I picked up a bag and walkedto the cash register.
And the cash registers in Lauscha keep ringing out.
His eyes were fixed on the magazine rack next to the cash register.
Then I had to break a roll of nickels against the cash register drawer to make change, and they spilled all over the floor.
Realizing this, buyers will be enticed to the cash registers.
For every cash register, the final amount must be counted by both the cashier and a manager.
Levine's group also evaluated the teachers' math anxiety by asking them to rate how anxious they would feel in various situations, such as reading a cash register receipt or studying for a math exam.
But when he moved closer to the light by the cash register to ask the bartender for a match or something, I saw it wasn't that.
Skinner knows the restaurants are the only place the cash register rings.
Basic cash registers - and really, cash itself - are analog dinosaurs in the digital jungle of financial transactions. It's time for them to check out.
Glen phoned the store in advance to ask how much money was in the cash register.
The two friends talk a while over their cigarettes, then go to a small counter near the door and hand their checks and money to a man behind a cash register.
Then run to the cash register to check how much money you made, when you know that no customers have shown up, because no one even knows your business exists.