misring

present singular third person misrings · participle present misringing · past misrang · participle past misrung

1. To enter an incorrect amount into a cash register.

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

   1993, Read Hayes, Employee Theft Control, page 13

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   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

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

   2015, Bobby Crace, Full Breakdown

   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.

   2021, Jamie Pacton, Lucky Girl

2. To ring (a bell or set of bells) incorrectly, at the wrong time, out of sequence, etc.

   My heart was beating like a mis-rung bell.

   2020, János Székely, Temptation

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   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

   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.

   1971, James Joyce Quarterly - Volumes 9-10, page 263

   Bring forth the dear flags hidden long, Ring all ye bells for years misrung: O, Alsace, be one burst of song, One nosegay to our Frenchmen flung!

   1974, Victor Plarr, The Collected Poems of Victor Plarr, page 132

plural misrings

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

      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

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      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

      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.

      1998, Barry Berman, Joel R. Evans, Retail Management: A Strategic Approach, page 408

   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