misring

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.

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.

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.

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.

An instance of misringing

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.

An instance of misringing

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.