accounting machine
Noun
Meaning
accounting machine (plural accounting machines)
(accounting, computing, dated) A business machine, generally a combined calculator and printer, that tabulates, adds, subtracts, and totals.
Synonyms
cash register
digital computer
analog computer
number cruncher
arithmometer
bookkeeping machine
recording-adder
Examples
Wheel printers In 1949 IBM introduced the IBM 407 Accounting Machine with a wheel print mechanism that could print 150 alphanumeric lines a minute.