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misring

misring verb: to enter an incorrect amount into a cash register.

Verb

misring (third-person singular simple present misrings, present participle misringing, simple past misrang, past participle misrung)

  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.1982, Kristine Marie Gabe, Supermarket Checkout Accuracy, page 4
    • 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 $1.30.1984, Federal Supplement - Volume 575, page 1052
  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.1956, Roy Pascal, The German Novel
    • 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.1964, Eric Hatch, The Little Book of Bells, page 80

Noun

misring (plural misrings)

  1. 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.1976, Industrial Engineering, page 11
    • The study found misrings in 21 percent of the grocery store purchases checked.1988, Robert O. Herrmann, Consumer Choice in the American Economy, page 87
  2. 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.1989, The Musical Mainstream - Volumes 13-14, page 31

Forms of misring

Verb
third-person singular presentmisrings
present participlemisringing
pastmisrang
past participlemisrung
Noun
pluralmisrings

Origin of misring

From mis- + ring.

Questions about misring

What does misring mean?
Misring means to enter an incorrect amount into a cash register.
What part of speech is misring?
Misring can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of misring?
The past tense of misring is misrang.

Words near misring in the dictionary

  1. misri
  2. misridden
  3. misride
  4. misrides
  5. misriding
  6. misring
  7. misringing
  8. misrings
  9. misrode
  10. misroll
  11. misrolled

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