Misring
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An instance of misringing; The act of entering an incorrect amount into a cash register.
"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."
- 2 An instance of misringing; The act of misringing a bell.
"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."
- 1 To enter an incorrect amount into a cash register.
"It also eliminates the chances of misringing the price but not the possibility of entering the wrong PLU code."
- 2 To ring (a bell or set of bells) incorrectly, at the wrong time, out of sequence, etc.
"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."
Example
More examples"It also eliminates the chances of misringing the price but not the possibility of entering the wrong PLU code."
Etymology
From mis- + ring.
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