teller

noun

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tell·er | \ ˈte-lər

Definition of teller

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : one that relates or communicates a teller of stories

2 : one that reckons or counts: such as

a : a member of a bank's staff concerned with the direct handling of money received or paid out

b : one appointed to count votes

Teller

biographical name

Tel·ler | \ ˈte-lər

Definition of Teller (Entry 2 of 2)

Edward 1908–2003 American (Hungarian-born) physicist

Examples of teller in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Functions handled at a traditional bank by a loan officer or teller are automated. — Paul Vigna, WSJ, 3 June 2021 So that’s exactly what Marchionne did, bringing Olivier Francois over from Citroen and charging him with making Fiat Chrysler a nonpareil stable of brands and teller of stories. — Dale Buss, Forbes, 1 June 2021 The median wage for a U.S. bank teller was $11.82 per hour based on 2011 data, according to that report. — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 May 2021 But only a handful of the old teller windows, which run for city blocks under the grandstand, are open on an ordinary racing day. — William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 15 May 2021 His father was a road surveyor and his mother a homemaker and later a bank teller. — New York Times, 5 May 2021 During the robbery, a teller had slipped a red dye pack into the bag of money, and later on that night, an officer noticed a man walking into a wooded area, Hewitt said. — Glenn Ruppel, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2021 The teller complied and gave him an undisclosed amount of cash. — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 13 May 2021 But the truth teller in Faulkner compelled him to peer, fleetingly, into the forbidden chamber of Southern shame, over and over, describing other monstrosities. — Benjamin Nugent, Harper's Magazine, 27 Apr. 2021

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