Dictionary

teller en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɛlə/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtɛləɹ/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English tellere (“one who counts or enumerates; one who recounts or relates; teller”), equivalent to tell (verb) + -er.

Meanings

1. A person who tells stories.
2. (US) A bank clerk who receives and pays out money.
   • 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:
3. (broadly) A cashier at any place of business.
   • 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:
   • 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:
4. Synonym of automated teller machine.
5. A person who counts the votes in an election.

Forms

Deriveds

truthteller · underteller · automated teller · automatic teller · tellership · fortune-teller · taleteller · tellerless · autoteller · automatic teller machine · interactive teller machine · storyteller

Synonyms

cash machine · automated teller machine · cashier · ATM

Translations (93)

eo rakontisto (person who tells stories) · mi kaitatau moni (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · de Bankangestellte (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · fi tarinankertoja (person who tells stories) · ro povestitoare (person who tells stories) · el ψηφολέκτης (person who counts the votes in an election) · ro scrutinător (person who counts the votes in an election) · ro naratoare (person who tells stories) · pt narrador (person who tells stories) · mk раскажу́вачка (person who tells stories) · fi pankkivirkailija (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · fr raconteuse (person who tells stories) · hy գանձապահ (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · be касі́р (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · pt caixa (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · id teller (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · tr veznedar (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · az xəzinədar (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · ko 출납계 (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · ru счётчик (person who counts the votes in an election) · ru касси́р (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · uk каси́р (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · ru касси́рша (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · alt чӧрчӧкчи (person who tells stories) · mk раска́жувач (person who tells stories) · cy cyfrifwr (person who counts the votes in an election) · fr conteur (person who tells stories) · mk бла́гајник (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · da stemmetæller (person who counts the votes in an election) · fr caissière (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · no forteller (person who tells stories) · pt contador de histórias/estórias (person who tells stories) · bg разказвач (person who tells stories) · tr kasiyer (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · sl blagajničarka (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · la diribitor (person who counts the votes in an election) · pl kasjerka (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · es cajero (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · cmn 出納員 /出纳员 (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · tr oy sayıcı (person who counts the votes in an election) · pdt Banktala (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · da bankkasserer (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · gl caixeiro (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · de Wahlhelfer (person who counts the votes in an election) · pt escrutinador (person who counts the votes in an election) · el ψηφολέκτρια (person who counts the votes in an election) · pl opowiadaczka (person who tells stories) · da kasserer (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · nl bankbediende (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · ro povestitor (person who tells stories) · de Wahlhelferin (person who counts the votes in an election) · ro casier (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · mk ша́лтерски слу́жбеник (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · eo balotnombristo (person who counts the votes in an election) · pl kasjer (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · pl opowiadacz (person who tells stories) · it cassiere (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · cs vypravěč (person who tells stories) · fr caissier (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · bg касиер (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · eo bankkasisto (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · fi ääntenlaskija (person who counts the votes in an election) · fr raconteur (person who tells stories) · id pengisah (person who tells stories) · ms juruwang (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · ja 出納係 (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · de Bankangestellter (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · fr diseur (person who tells stories) · az kassir (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · fr conteuse (person who tells stories) · da valgtilforordnet (person who counts the votes in an election) · de Erzähler (person who tells stories) · ro narator (person who tells stories) · ms pengira undi (person who counts the votes in an election) · el ταμίας (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · sl preštevalec glasov (person who counts the votes in an election) · ru счётчица (person who counts the votes in an election) · mk бро́јач (person who counts the votes in an election) · bg преброител (person who counts the votes in an election) · ru расска́зчик (person who tells stories) · da fortæller (person who tells stories) · mk пребро́јувач (person who counts the votes in an election) · ga airgeadóir (bainc) (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · tr anlatan (person who tells stories) · fr diseuse (person who tells stories) · tr anlatıcı (person who tells stories) · es cajera (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · atv чӧрчекчи (person who tells stories) · sl preštevalka glasov (person who counts the votes in an election) · sl blagajnik (bank clerk who receives and pays out money) · de Erzählerin (person who tells stories) · ru расска́зчица (person who tells stories) · ota وزنهجی (bank clerk who receives and pays out money)