teller
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teller¹
- /ˈtɛlə/ UK
- /ˈtɛləɹ/ US
Rhymes with -ɛlə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”), equivalent to tell (verb) + -er.
noun tellers
- A person who tells stories.
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A bank clerk who receives and pays out money.
Sukumar was thirty years old, four years into his bank job, where he’d moved up to the role of teller, turning up to work on time every day, counting the money, making the deposits, entering in the ledger, filing the reports.
Similar: cashier
- A cashier at any place of business. In the case discussed above, for example, the employee who stole money did so by waiting until another teller was on break, then logging on to that teller's register, ringing a “no sale,” and taking the cash.
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Synonym of automated teller machine.
Similar: cash machine, ATM, automated teller machine
- A person who counts the votes in an election.
Teller²
proper noun
- A surname.
- A tiny city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States, named after Henry M. Teller.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cashier, bank clerk, vote counter, storyteller, scheme, counter, fortune, employee, clerk, cash, withdrawal, anti-tank, atm, machine, wicket, desk
Translations
Every language
noun person who tells stories
| Português | contador de histórias/estórias, narrador |
|---|---|
| Français | diseur, diseuse, conteur, conteuse, raconteur, raconteuse |
| Deutsch | Erzähler, Erzählerin |
| Română | povestitor, povestitoare, narator, naratoare |
| Русский | расска́зчик rasskázčik, расска́зчица rasskázčica |
noun bank clerk who receives and pays out money
| Español | cajero, cajera |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 출납계 chullapgye |
| 日本語 | 出納係 suitōkakari |
| 中文 | 出納員 /出纳员 chūnàyuán |
| Português | caixa |
| Français | caissier, caissière |
| Deutsch | Bankangestellter, Bankangestellte |
| Italiano | cassiere |
| Ελληνικά | ταμίας tamías |
| Română | casier |
| Русский | касси́р kassír, касси́рша kassírša |
noun person who counts the votes in an election
| Português | escrutinador |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Wahlhelfer, Wahlhelferin |
| Ελληνικά | ψηφολέκτης psifoléktis, ψηφολέκτρια psifoléktria |
| Română | scrutinător |
| Русский | счётчик sčótčik, счётчица sčótčica |
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title = {teller},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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