clerk
noun /klɑːk/
/klɜːrk/
- (also sales clerk both North American English, shop assistant, assistant (both British English))a person whose job is to serve customers in a shop
- The clerk at the counter gave me too little change.
- The sales clerk answered all our questions.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bookstore
- grocery
- sales
- …
- (also desk clerk)(both North American English) a person whose job is dealing with people arriving at or leaving a hotel synonym receptionist
- The hotel clerk greeted us warmly.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bookstore
- grocery
- sales
- …
- a person whose job is to keep the records or accounts and do other routine duties in an office, shop, etc.
- an office clerk
Extra ExamplesTopics Jobsb2, Businessb2- He started work as a railway booking clerk.
- an articled clerk working for a large law firm
- (especially British English) a bank clerk (= who deals with customers in a bank)
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- senior
- assistant
- …
- clerk to
- the office of clerk
- the post of clerk
- an official in charge of the records of a council, court, etc.
- the Town Clerk
- the Clerk of the Court
Extra Examples- a former clerk to Chief Justice George P. Willison
- He held the post of Clerk to the Council.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- senior
- assistant
- …
- clerk to
- the office of clerk
- the post of clerk
Word OriginOld English cleric, clerc (in the sense ‘ordained minister, literate person’), from ecclesiastical Latin clericus ‘clergyman’, from Greek klērikos ‘belonging to the Christian clergy’, from klēros ‘lot, heritage’ (Acts 1:26); reinforced by Old French clerc, from the same source. Sense (1) dates from the early 16th cent.