Misring

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

To enter an incorrect amount into a cash register..

Definitions by Sense

1. To enter an incorrect amount into a cash register.
2. To ring (a bell or set of bells) incorrectly, at the wrong time, out of sequence, etc.
3. An instance of misringing

Example Sentences

It also eliminates the chances of misringing the price but not the possibility of entering the wrong PLU code.

On a $19.24 order, Rose again failed to ring up a bottle deposit and misrang the price of ice cream for a total loss of $1.30.

Also , ensure that cash register clerks remain alert to avoid misringing items.

Shaken, he misrung cash into the register something he'd have to make up for or his money would be off;

His face got redder with each messed-up transaction, and he swore under his breath. “Sorry, sorry,” he'd call out, as he mis-rang another item.

To his heroes, who have followed the misringing of this bell, the world seems senseless, but coherent; men are bent purposeively on some pursuit, but the purpose is inscrutable.

I have wondered greatly about this and have at last come to believe that neither time, mishanging, nor misringing weakened the Liberty Bell, but rather the enormous importance of the message its voice cried out.

It is virtually impossible to hear such a weirdly textured tonal array without hearing at the same time the “patterns” of sound ( or “non-patterns” when the bells are misrung), defined as successions of instants in time, or more specifically, as what occurs acoustically between one point in time and another.

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Word Forms

• misrings
• misringing
• misrang
• misrung

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