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A cash register is a mechanical or electronic device for calculating and recording sales transactions, and an attached cash drawer for storing cash.

Early Model Cash Register

A cash register is a mechanical or electronic device for calculating and recording sales transactions,…

The first registers were entirely mechanical, without receipts. The employee was required to ring up every transaction on the register, and when the total key was pushed, the drawer opened and a bell would ring, alerting the manager to a sale taking place. Those original machines were nothing but simple adding machines.

Indicator and Cash Register

The first registers were entirely mechanical, without receipts. The employee was required to ring up…