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Cash register

Cash register is machine that records customer transactions.Cash registers range from manual ones, which simply display amounts charged for items, tax and total, to fully functioning computers and networked point-of-sale systems with a host of features.

Adoption

Adoption is the legal and voluntary taking and treating of the child of other parents as one?s own in so far as provided by the laws of the country. By means of a judicial process, whether related or not to the adopter, the adopted child acquires the rights and status of a legitimate child.

Cattle

Deutsch: Hausrind / Español: Bos primigenius taurus / Português: Gado bovino / Français: Bos taurus / Italiano: Bos taurus
Cattle (colloquially cows) are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius.

Abaca

The manila plant or abaca fibre is described as a
vegetable leaf fiber derived from the Musa textilis plant that is cultivated in the Philippines, but is also found, in smaller amounts, in Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia and Costa Rica, where its long stalks and leaves are harvested for paper production.