sales counter
Where transactions happen
A sales counter is a flat surface in a retail store where transactions occur—where customers bring items to pay and where cash registers typically sit.
The term emphasizes the counter's function in completing sales rather than just displaying merchandise.
She waited at the sales counter while the clerk rang up her purchases.
- cash registerRetail transaction machine
- checkoutPayment completion process
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
- cashierTill operator
- tillRegister drawer for money
transaction · credit card · receipt · customer · merchandise · display · storefront · clerk · purchase · retail · shop · payment · queue · checkout line · line · bargain · change · scanner
- retail storedisplay case, checkout lanes, cash register, cashier, inventory
- countercountertop, counterbalance, counteract, counterattack, counterpart
- ticket counterbox office, ticket booth, ticket window, ticket agent, ticket machine
- vendor stallsstall, booth, stand, market stall, food stall
- counterstally, clicker, tally marks, tallies, hash marks
sales counterentrance
Point of access
display shelf · stockroom · storage area · fitting room · back room
sales counterback room
Private space behind scenes
stockroom · storage area · warehouse · loading dock · back office
sales, counter, sale, seller, selling, resell, resale, undersell, oversell