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teller

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Banking, Occupations, Voting
tell·er /ˈtelə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  1. BFBBOsomeone whose job is to receive and pay out money in a bank 银行出纳员2. PPVsomeone who counts votes 清点选票的人,点[]票员
Examples from the Corpus
tellerIn frustration, she quit her cashier job after several months for a more lucrative position as a bank teller.Remember Darlene and her staff of confused bank tellers?Bank teller Barclays is in the happy position of exactly the reverse happening.As a keen amateur astronomer I take a dim view of being mistaken for a fortune teller!Ghosts stood behind the tellers at the bank.He went in to speak to one of the tellers.The tellers began wrapping up the ballots in brown paper and masking tape.
From Longman Business Dictionarytellertell‧er /ˈtelə-ər/ noun [countable] especially American English someone whose job is to receive and pay out money in a bankSYN BrE cashierTellers are now using on-line real time systems to access customers’ accounts.
tell·er nounChineseSyllable
receive someone pay is and job in whose to money Business out Corpus


teller
teller /ˈtelə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
1. someone whose job is to receive and pay out money in a bank
2. someone who counts votes


tell·erBrE /ˈtelə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtelər/ 🔊 nouna person whose job is to receive and pay out money in a bank (银行的)出纳,出纳员a machine that pays out money automatically 出纳机;提款机automatic teller machines自动取款机a person whose job is to count votes, especially in a parliament (尤指议会投票时的)计票员 (usually in compounds 通常构成复合词) a person who tells stories, etc. 说…的人;叙述者;讲故事的人;说书人a foul-mouthed teller of lies满嘴脏话的撒谎者   see also fortune teller, storyteller