clerk

(klûrk; klärk)
n.

1. A person who works in an office performing such tasks as keeping records, attending to correspondence, or filing.
2. 1. A person who keeps the records and performs the regular business of a court, legislative body, or municipal district.
   2. Law. A law clerk, as for a judge.
3. A person who works at a sales counter or service desk, as at a store or hotel.
4. A cleric.
5. Archaic. A scholar.

intr.v., clerked, clerk·ing, clerks.
To work or serve as a clerk: clerked in a store; clerks for a judge.

[Middle English, clergyman, secretary, from Old English clerc and Old French clerc, clergyman, both from Late Latin clēricus, from Greek klērikos, belonging to the clergy, from klēros, inheritance, lot.]

clerkdom clerk'dom n.
clerkship clerk'ship' n.

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Assistant or subordinate. A file clerk maintains papers placed in a file cabinet; a stock clerk maintains inventory.

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noun

1. One who sells: salesclerk, salesgirl, salesman, salesperson, saleswoman, seller, vender. See transactions.
2. A person ordained for service in a Christian church: churchman, churchwoman, clergyman, clergywoman, cleric, clerical, divine, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, preacher. Informal reverend. See religion.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A person employed in an office or government agency who performs various tasks such as keeping records or accounts, filing, letter writing, or transcribing. One who works in a store and whose job might include working as a cashier, selling merchandise, or waiting on customers.

A law clerk is either a law student employed by a licensed attorney to do mundane legal tasks and learn the law in the process, or a licensed lawyer working for a judge to aid in the writing and research of the cases before the judge.

IN BRIEF: An office worker who keeps records, types letters, etc. Also: A person who sells in a store.

The clerk at the clothing store ran to check for a price on that jacket.

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For a list of words related to clerk, see:

• Government Officials and Citizens - clerk: record keeper
• Judges, Lawyers, and Others in the Court System - clerk: one who keeps records, has power to issue specific writs, and files documents
• Employers, Employees, and Business People - clerk: low-level office worker; person who sells in store
• Accounting - clerk: bookkeeper or record keeper for business
• General Titles, Positions, and Status - clerk: low-ranking official responsible for recordkeeping; one engaged in retail selling
• Occupations and Job Titles

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kontorist, præst, sekretær, portier, retsskriver, ekspedient
v. intr. - gøre kontorarbejde, ekspedere

Nederlands (Dutch)
bediende, beambte, secretaris, griffier, receptionist, koster

Français (French)
n. - employé, (Admin) chef de bureau, (Comm) premier commis, (GB) greffier, clerc, (US) réceptionniste, vendeur
v. intr. - (US) être stagiaire d'un juge, (US) travailler comme vendeur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Angestellter, Schriftführer, (Eccl.) Kirchendiener, Parlamentssekretär, Verkäufer
v. - als Angestellter bzw. Verkäufer arbeiten

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υπάλληλος γραφείου, γραφιάς, γραμματέας (δικαστηρίου κ.λπ.)
v. - εργάζομαι ως υπάλληλος γραφείου

Italiano (Italian)
commesso, impiegato, segretario

Português (Portuguese)
n. - funcionário (m), escrevente (m), vendedor (m), sacristão (m) (Rel.), sacerdote (m)
v. - trabalhar como escrevente

Русский (Russian)
продавец, служащий, чиновник

Español (Spanish)
n. - dependiente, vendedor, empleada, empleado, secretario
v. intr. - trabajar como dependiente, vendedor o empleado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kontorist, tjänsteman, bokhållare, sekreterare, postexpeditör, notarie (jur.), expedit (am.), portier (am.), klockare
v. - arbeta som expedit/portier (am.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
办事员, 书记, 行员, 当店员

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 辦事員, 書記, 行員
v. intr. - 當店員

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사무원, 점원, 성직자
v. intr. - 사무원으로서 근무하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 事務官, 事務員, フロント係, 店員, 書記, 大学礼拝堂の書記, 官吏

idioms:

• articled clerk    司法実務修習生

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كاتب, بائع في مخزن, مساعد محاسب (فعل) يعمل ككاتب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לבלר, פקיד, מזכיר, זבן, כומר‬
v. intr. - ‮עבד בפקידות‬

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