Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who has charge of cash or money; one who superintends the routine monetary transactions of a bank or other commercial concern; a cash-keeper.
- noun A money-box; a cash.
- To dismiss from an office or place of trust by annulling the commission by virtue of which it is held.
- Figuratively, to dismiss or discard from service or from association.
- To reject; put out of account; disregard.
- To abolish; do away with; get rid of.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To dismiss or discard; to discharge; to dismiss with ignominy from military service or from an office or place of trust.
- transitive verb rare To put away or reject; to disregard.
- noun One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who works at a
till or receivespayments . - noun Person in charge of the
cash of abusiness orbank . - verb To
dismiss (someone, especially military personnel) from service.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant)
- verb discard or do away with
- verb discharge with dishonor, as in the army
- noun an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
Etymologies
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Examples
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Say, if the cashier is a few minutes late to her shift, she pays a fine of 150nis.
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If the cashier is an employee perhaps the money will go into the employee's pocket.
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If the cashier is less than 18, he/she rings the bell or waves the bottle towards management and then continues with the sale.
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If a cashier is making 35K a year should they be making as much as a teacher starting?
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If a cashier is making 35K a year should they be making as much as a teacher starting?
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The cashier is WORKING, i.e. has a job, that is, gets up everyday and goes to a place of employment and works for a paycheck.
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The mother, who works as a supermarket cashier, is unable to cover their bills.
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Earlier this month, it was disclosed that Linley had become involved in a legal battle over a £400,000 loan that it had been given by Pugachev, who was known as the "cashier to the Kremlin" before he fell out of Vladimir Putin's inner circle.
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Me: (looking down at full cart as cashier is unloading and blithely running each item over the computer scanner as the subtotal surpasses the hundred mark.
August 2007 2007
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Me: (looking down at full cart as cashier is unloading and blithely running each item over the computer scanner as the subtotal surpasses the hundred mark.
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