cash desk
noun[C]
UKuk/ˈkæʃ ˌdesk/us/ˈkæʃ ˌdesk/theplacein ashopwhere you canpayfor the things that youbuy
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The first comprises those shopkeepers who reduce staff until it is almost impossible to find acashdesk in operation and there are long queues at those which are.
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That shows how difficult it is for people at thecashdeskof an off-licence or a small supermarket to identify who is 18.
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He quoted an example of a woman employed in thecashdeskof the garage or a petrol station.
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After a few months thecashdeskwas closed because it was not used.
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The system there is that one goes to the counter to order the goods, then goes to thecashdeskto pay.
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It is in the shop and is partitioned off by a curtain about three feet from thecashdeskin which the female employee works.
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The housewife, arriving at thecashdeskwith her purchases, hands in her card.
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Two young women were sitting by what they admittedly called acashdesk.
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There is also the person who, while queueing at thecashdesk, suddenly sees a friend, dashes over to have a word, and clean forgets.
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Now customers must queue at thecashdeskto pay.
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She fills her trolley and, extraordinarily, she somehow wheels the trolley past thecashdeskwithout paying.
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A work study of those operations would have reduced them to one, simply by placing his tickets andcashdeskbefore him.
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It set up acashdeskat the gates of its factory where the employee could cash his cheque if he wanted to.
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A licensee would be quite experienced in assessing who is under 18, but everything is done in a hurry at thecashdeskin a supermarket and no one cares.
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Last night reference was made to the fact that a badly disabled cashier behind acashdeskcould not help in a shop because of his disability.
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