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Cashier

Meaning in sales & retail, with examples

/kæˈʃɪr/nounCore term

In sales & retail, cashier means: A person in a shop, supermarket or bank whose job is to take payments from customers and give them change and receipts.

In Turkish: kasiyer, kasa görevlisi

How it is used

A common retail job. In the UK, people also say checkout operator or till operator. Cashiers open and close the till, count the cash at the end of a shift and deal with refunds and exchanges.

Example sentences

  1. We need two more cashiers on Saturdays because the queues get very long.

  2. The cashier counted the cash and found the till was 20 lira short.

Common collocations

  • work as a cashier
  • head cashier
  • cashier desk
  • cashier shift
  • tillThe machine or counter in a shop where payments are taken and money is kept; in US English, a cash register.
  • checkoutThe place in a shop where customers pay for their goods, or the final payment step on a website.
  • point of saleThe place and moment where a customer pays for a purchase, such as a shop till or an online checkout, and the system used to record that payment.
  • receiptA printed or digital record that shows what a customer bought, how much they paid and when, used as proof of purchase.
  • sales associateA shop employee who helps customers on the sales floor, answers questions, finds products and sizes, and often works on the till as well.

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