teller
noun[C]
uk/ˈtel.ər/us/ˈtel.ɚ/tellernoun[C](IN BANK)
USandAustralian English
apersonemployedin abanktoreceiveandpayoutmoney:
银行出纳员A man wasdetainedwhen abankteller called thepolice.
See also
automated teller machine
- Theprosecutioncalled fourwitnessesincludingthemanagerand teller of thebank.
- Cashier'schecks, teller'schecks, andmoneyordersshould be madepayableto thefacilitywhere you are making thepayment.
- Heservedthere for 17years, first as a teller andultimatelyaschiefunderwriterfor the bank's Californiaresidentiallendingdivision.
- Early on,peoplewereafraidto use theATM; theywantedto go in andtalkto a teller.
Banks
- anti-city
- bancassurance
- bank
- building society
- cash drawer
- central bank
- challenger bank
- chequebook
- credit
- credit union
- debit
- debit column
- deposit
- electronic banking
- giro
- investment bank
- landbanking
- pay
- safe deposit box
- statement
tellernoun[C](AT ELECTION)
apersonwhocountsvotesat anelectionor othervote, forexamplein aparliament:
Thepictureshowstellerscountingballotpapersat avotingstationin Conakry onJune27, 2010.
- Onesystemrelied onelectiontellerscomparingsignaturesmanually. They took fivehourstocheck200ballots.
- Tellers areappointedtoverifythecountwhen there is adivisionin theCommonsor the Lords and toreporttheresultback to theHouse.
- Theelectioncountin the Londonconstituencyof Kensington wassuspendedonFridaymorningaftercounciltellers weresenthomeexhaustedfollowingtworecounts.
Elections
- absentee
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absentee voter
- absentee voting
- entrance poll
- exit poll
- first-past-the-post
- flip
- franchise
- primary
- proportional representation
- proxy
- proxy vote
- proxy voter
- votesomethingthrough
- voting
- voting booth
- voting machine
- voting slip
tellernoun[C](OF STORY)
apersonwhotellsastory, ajoke, etc. :
Billwas agreatteller ofjokesand teller ofstories. He hadgreattiming.
See also
storyteller
fortune teller
- Jean-Paul Sartretellsus that a man is always a teller ofstories, helivessurroundedby his ownstoriesand those of otherpeople.
- She was anoptimist, a teller ofamusingandamazingstories.
- While thememoryitself would not last theday, he would besuretorepeatit toothersand thatmemorywould notfade, for either the teller orlistener.
- He is aknownteller ofuntruths... it's beenproventimeandtimethroughouthispoliticalcareer.
Describing & telling stories
- dream sequence
- griot
- narrate
- narration
- narrative
- narrator
- non-narrative
- omniscient narrator
- paint a picture (of something)idiom
- personalize
- personification
- personify
- recitation
- recount
- relate
- retell
- self-report
- spin
- storyteller
- storytelling