cashier

Everyday

A cashier is a person in a shop, bank or café who takes the money and gives back change. tree →

In the lessons

a person in a money story who takes payment and gives change; counts customers served; in everyday life: paying at the checkout, saying thank you, checking your change and receipt; phrases: «pay the cashier», «at the checkout», «cash register» (till)

Examples

• The cashier gave him 3 dollars change. tree →
• A cashier serves 12 customers an hour. tree →
• She paid the cashier 20 dollars for a 14-dollar toy. tree →
• How much change should the cashier give? tree →
• The cashier scanned our shopping. tree →
• Say thank you to the cashier. tree →
• Check your change before you leave the cashier. tree →
• The cashier put the money in the till. tree →

Note

A person of the story; near «change» it points to money paid minus price. Trap: the change is paid − cost, not cost − paid ($20 − $14 = $6). Pronounced «cash-EER».