teller

noun

tell·​er ˈte-lər 

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

Examples of teller in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What matters most here, and what makes this show a candidate for the best solo show in Chicago theater history, is that the telling comes at great cost to the teller. —Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025

Officers arrived at the scene minutes later and learned the suspect had passed a note to a teller demanding money, police said. —Jason Green, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025

Her work history includes a variety of positions, from bank teller to real estate agent to the health care field. —Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2025

For us, everybody in the show has secrets and everybody lies, but there are also a lot of truth tellers. —Hunter Ingram, Variety, 30 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing teller

• automated teller
• automated teller machine
• automatic teller
• automatic teller machine
• fortune teller
• tale-teller

Rhymes for teller

• beller
• cellar
• dweller
• eller
• feller
• meller
• sellar
• seller
• sheller
• speller
• stellar
• bestseller

Kids Definition

teller

noun

tell·​er ˈtel-ər 

1

: one that tells

a teller of tales

2

: a person who counts votes (as in a legislative body)

3

: a bank employee who receives and pays out money

Biographical Definition

Teller

biographical name

Tel·​ler ˈte-lər 

Edward 1908–2003 American (Hungarian-born) physicist