teller
pronunciation
How to pronounce teller in British English:
UK [ˈtelə(r)]
How to pronounce teller in American English:
US [ˈtɛlɚ]
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- Noun:
- an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
- an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
- someone who tells a story
Word Origin
- teller (n.)
- "bank clerk who pays or receives money," late 15c., "person who keeps accounts," agent noun from tell (v.) in its secondary sense of "count, enumerate," which is the primary sense of cognate words in many Germanic languages. Earlier "person who announces or narrates" (c. 1300).
Example
- 1. Inside , he handed the teller his $ 1 robbery demand .
- 2. He joined an icbc branch in shanghai in 1986 as a teller .
- 3. A teller is also being investigated .
- 4. The five-dollar bill that was in my pocket is pigeonholed into a teller drawer .
- 5. The teller considered my answer and called over what must have been a manager .