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Tanis20 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Inside the shop

HI,

Till and cash register is it the same thing? For example when I want to buy groceries I stay in line at the till or cash register? When clerk? Mrs or Mr check my produkts and give me receipt and bill. Because I had a problem when I wanted to explain to a foreigner that the cash register/till was closed.

Second question, this person who stand behaind the till what she/he do? Checkout the products?


Thank you for answers for my questions



  

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In the US, we call the machine a cash register. The Brits call it a till. In the US, the till is the working cash of a business in the abstract, and it is also the money drawer in the cash register or the tray with the dividers in that drawer.

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  • In the US, we call the machine a cash register.
  • The Brits call it a till.
  • In the US, the till is the working cash of a business in the abstract, and it is also the money drawer in the cash register or the tray with the dividers in that drawer.
  • In the US, we often speak of the place in the store where you check out your purchases as "the register".
  • You get in line and pay at the register, unless the register is closed.
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In the US, we call the machine a cash register. The Brits call it a till. In the US, the till is the working cash of a business in the abstract, and it is also the money drawer in the cash register or the tray with the dividers in that drawer. In the US, we often speak of the place in the store where you check out your purchases as "the register". You get in line and pay at the register, unles

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Tanis20Till

British English - not used in the US, except in the expression: "He got caught with his hand in the till."

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/caught+with+hand+in+the+till

Tanis20cash register
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Tanis20Till and cash register is it the same thing?

In the U.S. the till is the removable drawer in the cash register that contains the money. At the end of their shifts the cashiers pull their tills and management locks them in a safe, and the next cashier puts in a fresh till. That way you can always figure out who "had their hand in the till" if there

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