Meaning of misring | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An instance of misringing
2. The act of entering an incorrect amount into a cash register.
3. The act of misringing a bell.

Examples

“Misrings are caused by a myriad of factors: price illegibility, incorrect pricing, checker pilferage (discounting or sweethearting), tax lookup errors, change making errors, and human errors.”

“The study found misrings in 21 percent of the grocery store purchases checked.”

“Cashiers can be judged on the basis of transaction speed and misrings; buyers can be judged on the basis of department revenues and the use of markdowns; and senior executives can be judged on the basis of the firm's reaching sales and profit goals.”

“The result isn't exactly music, but it's truly satisfying for the ringers when, for instance, seven of them complete 5,040 “changes” without a single misring.”

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