cash register tape

Printed purchase summary

Cash register tape is the narrow paper roll that feeds through a register, printing transaction records.

The customer's receipt tears off; the remaining roll provides the business with a continuous record of sales.

Accountants and auditors review these tapes to verify daily totals: She reconciled the cash register tape against the drawer count.

Related

transaction · checkout · total · change · beep · scanner · barcode · thermal · printer · purchase · sales tax · subtotal · grocery · store · cashier · credit card · drawer · ding

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Opposites
record format

cash register tapedigital receipt

Electronic purchase confirmation

e-receipt · digital ledger

record permanence

cash register tapenotarized document

Legally verified written record

permanence

cash register tapelegal documentation

Formal written records with authority

audit trail

Family

cash, register, tape, cashes, cashed, cashing, registers, registered, registering

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G