ring up

1. 1.

   to perform and record a sale on a cash register

   “Sally rang up Eve's purchase of tomatoes”

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Questions about ring up

What does ring up mean?

ring up means "to perform and record a sale on a cash register".

Is ring up a common word?

ring up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.