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Dictionary: tell·er   (tĕl'ər) pronunciation
n.
  1. One who tells: a teller of tall tales.
    1. A bank employee who receives and pays out money.
    2. An automated teller machine.
  2. A person appointed to count votes in a legislative assembly.
tellership tell'er·ship' n.

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Banking Dictionary: Teller
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Bank employee who accepts deposits, cashes checks, and performs other banking services for the public. In most financial institutions, tellers work from behind a counter or enclosure. Large banks assign teller functions by job description: a Mail Teller processes incoming bank deposits arriving through the mail; a loan teller keeps a record of payments to customer accounts; and a note teller handles the collection of funds on notes and drafts payable by other banks. See also Customer Service Representative; Head Teller.

WordNet: teller
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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly)
  Synonym: vote counter

Meaning #2: an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
  Synonyms: cashier, bank clerk

Meaning #3: someone who tells a story
  Synonyms: narrator, storyteller


Translations: Teller
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fortæller, bankkasserer

Nederlands (Dutch)
(stemmen)teller, kassier (AE), baliebediende

Français (French)
n. - guichetier, caissier, scrutateur, conteur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schalterbeamter, Stimmenzähler, Erzähler

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ταμίας (τράπεζας), καταμετρητής, αφηγητής

Italiano (Italian)
cassiere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - narrador, caixa de bancos, escrutinadores de votos na Câmara dos Comuns

Русский (Russian)
банковский кассир

Español (Spanish)
n. - cajero, escrutador, narrador

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - berättare, rösträknare, kassör i bank

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
讲话者, 出纳员, 告诉的人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 講話者, 出納員, 告訴的人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 말하는 사람, 금전 출납 계원, 투표 집계원

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 話し手, 語り手, 出納係, 投票集計係, 金銭出納係

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المخبر, الراوي, القاص‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כספר או אשנבאי (בבנק), מונה (קולות), מספר סיפורים‬


 
 
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