Teller Meaning
/ˈtɛlə/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who tells stories.
nounA bank clerk who receives and pays out money.
Sentence Examples
I recognized the bank teller as the man I had seen in the movie theater.
My son tried to become a teller of funny stories.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The bank ____ counted all the cash in the drawer very accurately.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The bank ____ was very helpful and assisted her with depositing her paycheck into her savings account this morning today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”), equivalent to tell (verb) + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2025, Santanu Bhattacharya, Deviants, Fig Tree, page 93:
"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."
— 2007, Joseph T. Wells, Corporate Fraud Handbook: Prevention and Detection, page 107:
"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."
— 2013, Alastair Henry, Awakening in the Northwest Territories:
"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."
— 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 60:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The bank ____ counted all the cash in the drawer very accurately.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The bank ____ was very helpful and assisted her with depositing her paycheck into her savings account this morning today.