ring the cash register

to make quick and profitable sales or collect earnings in some other straightforward manner; derives from the era of the mechanical cash register, for which completion of a transaction triggers the automatic opening of the cash drawer accompanied by an audible ring; a continual backdrop of ringing would thus result from a high frequency of sales, implying rapidly accruing profits; the phrase points to an opportunity to gain income or build up cash reserves that requires little effort

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