The method a guest uses to pay a check — cash, credit, gift card, or house account — and the act of applying that payment.
Tender
The method a guest uses to pay a check — cash, credit, gift card, or house account — and the act of applying that payment.
A tender is a form of payment applied to a check: cash, credit or debit card, gift card, mobile wallet, or a house/comp account. "Tendering" a check means applying one or more of these to settle it. A single check can be split across multiple tenders.
Tender data is what reconciles the day — it is how a manager proves that recorded sales match cash in the drawer and card batches deposited.
- Tender types are configured in the POS so each hits the right ledger (cash vs. card vs. gift).
- Why it matters: the tender report drives the nightly cash-out and the deposit that flows to accounting.
Clean tender categorization is central to the POS-to-accounting handoff, since gift cards, tips, and comps each have to map correctly to avoid reconciliation headaches.