A sliding compartment or box attached to a cash register where money is stored and secured during business operations.
Compound of 'cash' and 'drawer,' from Old Norse 'drögr' meaning 'something pulled or drawn.' The term is descriptive of the object's function—a container you pull open to access money.
The humble cash drawer is actually a security innovation—before electronic safes, the spring-loaded drawer with its loud ka-chunk sound was the store's alarm system, as that noise immediately alerted managers to every transaction.
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