teller
/ˈtɛləɹ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cashier at any place of business.
noun
name
A surname.
name
A tiny city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States, named after Henry M. Teller.
Example Sentences
- "Sukumar was thirty years old, four years into his bank job, where he’d moved up to the role of teller, turning up to work on time every day, counting the money, making the deposits, entering in the ledger, filing the reports."
- "In the case discussed above, for example, the employee who stole money did so by waiting until another teller was on break, then logging on to that teller's register, ringing a “no sale,” and taking the cash."
- "The young femail teller fingered the prices into the cash register at great speed with great dexterity while simultaneously holding a conversation with the teller in the next lane."
- "The main street was shuttered; the only sign of life she detected was behind the window of the petrol station, where the teller was counting the day's cash balance into the till."
Etymology
From Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”), equivalent to tell (verb) + -er.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɛləɹ/
- British English: /ˈtɛlə/
Usage
- American usage