teller
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”), equivalent to tell (verb) + -er.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛlə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈtɛləɹ/
- Rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: tell‧er
Noun
editteller (plural tellers)
- A person who tells stories.
- (banking, chiefly US) A bank clerk who receives and pays out money.
- Synonym: cashier
- (more generally) A cashier at any place of business.
- 2007, Joseph T. Wells, Corporate Fraud Handbook: Prevention and Detection, page 107:
- 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.
- 2013, Alastair Henry, Awakening in the Northwest Territories:
- The young femail teller fingered the prices into the cash register at great speed with great dexterity while simultaneously holding a conversation with the teller in the next lane.
- 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 60:
- The main street was shuttered; the only sign of life she detected was behind the window of the petrol station, where the teller was counting the day's cash balance into the till.
- (banking) Synonym of automated teller machine
- Synonyms: cash machine, ATM
- A person who counts the votes in an election.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editperson who tells stories
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bank clerk who receives and pays out money
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automated teller machine — see automated teller machine
person who counts the votes in an election
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Anagrams
editCrimean Tatar
editNoun
editteller
- nominative plural of tel
Dutch
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editteller m (plural tellers, diminutive tellertje n)
- (mathematics) numerator (the number or expression written above the line in a fraction)
- someone who counts
- any device that displays numerical information such as a Geiger counter or a tachometer
Antonyms
edit- noemer (“denominator”)
Descendants
editIndonesian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English teller, from Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”). Standard spelling retain double l to avoid confusion with word teler.
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: tel‧ler
Noun
editteller (first-person possessive tellerku, second-person possessive tellermu, third-person possessive tellernya)
Further reading
edit- “teller” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology 1
editFrom the verb telle.
Noun
editteller m (definite singular telleren, indefinite plural tellere, definite plural tellerne)
- (arithmetic) numerator (the number or expression written above the line in a fraction)
Antonyms
edit- nevner (“denominator”)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
edit- teljar (Nynorsk)
Etymology 2
editVerb
editteller
References
edit- “teller” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Turkish
editNoun
editteller
- nominative plural of tel
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