teller

Meaning

  1. A person who tells stories.
  2. (US) A bank clerk who receives and pays out money.
  3. (broadly) A cashier at any place of business.
  4. Synonym of automated teller machine.
  5. A person who counts the votes in an election.

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtɛlə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”), equivalent to tell (verb) + -er.

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