to set aside amounts for storage in the back office

Laut Duden: (Wirtschaft) (eine Geldmenge) aus dem Verkehr ziehen

Ich finde "transfer" gar nicht schlecht aber es geht anscheinend um das Lagern, so dass es vorne im Geschäft nicht zu viel Geld gibt.

"to deposit partial amounts at the back office"

to put part of the cash in the back office.

n.b. Abschöpfung sounds odd to me especially when I conder the connotation of skimming money...

I had the same reaction, noli.

#5 conder = consider
yes warrior, I might reserve/hold back some of the cash or so (for change, petty cash?)

Abschöpfung sounds odd to me especially when I conder the connotation of skimming money

Abschöpfung is a standard term in retail. An Abschöpfung is performed to reduce the amount of money that is contained in an individual cash register, usually after a certain amount is exceeded. Since customers have to be given change, you can't empty a cash register before closing. Instead you retrieve only a partial amount, which translates to "abschöpfen".

ty Himalia