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cashier

/kəˈʃɪə/noun

A person whose job is to take payments from customers at a register.

Example sentences

  • “The cashier scanned my groceries and handed me the receipt.”
  • “She worked as a cashier at the supermarket during college.”

As a verb it means something entirely different: to dismiss a military officer in disgrace.

Synonyms for cashier

  • checkout clerk

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