A teller is someone who works in a bank and who customers pay money to or get money from.
[mainly US, or Scottish]
Every bank pays close attention to the speed and accuracy of its tellers.
teller in British English
(ˈtɛlə)
noun
1. another name for cashier1 (sense 2)
2.
a person appointed to count votes in a legislative body, assembly, etc
3.
a person who tells; narrator
Derived forms
tellership (ˈtellerˌship)
noun
Teller in British English
(ˈtɛlə)
noun
Edward. 1908–2003, US nuclear physicist, born in Hungary: a major contributor to the development of the hydrogen bomb (1952)
Teller in American English
(ˈtɛlər)
Edward1908-2003; U.S. nuclear physicist, born in Hungary
teller in American English
(ˈtɛlər)
noun
1.
a person who tells (a story, etc.); narrator
2.
a person who counts
; specif.,
a.
one who counts votes, as in a legislative body
b.
a bank clerk who pays out or receives money
Examples of 'teller' in a sentence
teller
She needs to fire her fortune teller.
The Sun (2016)
The teller of the tale is as important to its future as its hero.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She is also a very good teller of tales.
The Sun (2006)
The bank teller noted that we had power of attorney over the accounts for both our parents.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The bank teller had begun to cash in.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
She was shy and not a story teller.
The Sun (2011)
She once recalled a meeting with a fortune teller.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The bank teller said the web-site was very slow.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
DID you hear about the poor fortune teller?
The Sun (2010)
Is she a bank teller?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I am a teller of tales.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It would not have taken a fortune teller to predict the reaction of the European political elite to the results of the recent elections.
The Sun (2014)
Family Father was a bank manager; mother was a bank teller.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The fortune teller said: 'Your daughter has gone further than she should have done.
The Sun (2006)
The Indian system films people from the side as they walk towards an airport check-in or a bank teller.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The bank teller is polite, but I feel a nuisance.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I left school at 15 with no qualifications and became a teller in a bank for 15 years.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I WENT to a fortune teller who told me a lot of money was coming my way.
The Sun (2008)
In other languages
teller
British English: teller /ˈtɛlə/ NOUN
A teller is someone who works in a bank and who customers pay money to or get money from.
Every bank pays close attention to the speed and accuracy of its tellers.
American English: teller
Arabic: أَمِيـنُ الصُّنْدُوق
Brazilian Portuguese: caixa de banco
Chinese: 出纳员
Croatian: bankovni blagajnik
Czech: pokladník v bance
Danish: kasserer
Dutch: kasbediende
European Spanish: cajero
Finnish: kertoja
French: caissier
German: Erzähler
Greek: ταμίας
Italian: cassiere
Japanese: 話し手
Korean: 이야기하는 사람
Norwegian: forteller
Polish: narrator
European Portuguese: caixa de banco
Romanian: casierla bancă
Russian: рассказчик
Latin American Spanish: narrador
Swedish: kassör
Thai: พนักงานรับฝาก-ถอนเงินในธนาคาร
Turkish: anlatıcı
Ukrainian: касир (у банку)
Vietnamese: người kể chuyện
All related terms of 'teller'
fortune-teller
A fortune-teller is a person who tells you what they think will happen to you in the future, after looking at something such as the lines on your hand .
automated teller machine
a computerized cash dispenser
storyteller
A storyteller is someone who tells or writes stories.
autoteller
a computerized cash dispenser
bank machine
a computerized device outside a bank that supplies cash or account information when the user inserts a cash card and keys in an identification number
cash dispenser
A cash dispenser is a machine built into the wall of a bank or other building , which allows people to take out money from their bank account using a special card.
cashpoint machine
a computerized device outside a bank that supplies cash or account information when the user inserts a cash card and keys in an identification number