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#17 (permalink) Thu Apr 03, 2008 17:05 pm cash register systems and working at the checkout? |
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| Jamie (K) wrote: |
| Americans use the word "till" almost exclusively in the expression "to have one's fingers in the till", which means to be embezzling. When Americans hear that word, they usually think of dishonesty. So for an international audience it would be better to use some other term than "till". |
And is 'checkout receipt' the American equivalent to the British term 'till receipt'?
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#18 (permalink) Thu Apr 03, 2008 20:33 pm cash register systems and working at the checkout? |
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| "Cash register receipt". |
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#20 (permalink) Thu Apr 03, 2008 22:08 pm cash register systems and working at the checkout? |
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I think you require just the noun 'cashier' - one who recives and pays out maney at a bank, shop or restaurant or any organization. nanucbe |
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#21 (permalink) Thu Apr 03, 2008 23:38 pm cash register systems and working at the checkout? |
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| Jamie, what is the American equivalent to "till records" and "cashing up" (the process of emptying the till at the end of the day and checking the amount of money in it against the till records). |
I've worked in companies that used 'tender reconciliation' and 'cash report' as terms for the end-of-the-day reports. 'Cashing out' would be the activity that leads to those records.
A cash register can also be 'counted down' to the original starting sum. (As you know, a cashier never begins a shift with a completely empty register.)
The activity of running a cash register can be called 'cashiering'.
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