teller — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A person who tells stories.

2. A bank clerk who receives and pays out money.

   Usage

   • US usage

   Synonyms

   cashier

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   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.

3. A cashier at any place of business.

   Usage

   • broadly

   Examples

   More examples (3)

   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.

   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.

   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.

4. Synonym of automated teller machine.

   Synonyms

   cash machineATM

5. A person who counts the votes in an election.

Noun

1. an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)

   Synonyms

   vote counter

   Broader terms

   officialfunctionary

2. an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money

   Synonyms

   cashierbank clerk

   Broader terms

   banker

3. someone who tells a story

   Synonyms

   narratorstoryteller

   Broader terms

   speakertalkeruttererverbalizerverbaliser