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teller

[tel-er] / ˈtɛl ər /
NOUN
bank clerk
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bank employee cashier


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The bank fixed the error and gave him a deposit slip that read: “Correction, teller debited wrong account.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

You may need a Nobel Prize-winning mathematician and a fortune teller to ensure that they each end up with an equal amount.

From MarketWatch May 28, 2026

Dealing with a call center or an automated teller might have been exasperating.

From Barron's Apr. 14, 2026

She met Gerard Davitt, a ball-bearings salesman, when she was working as a bank teller in Hartford, Conn., and he came in to cash his paycheck.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, 2026

I handed my $100 Salisbury Park savings bond to the teller.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

But if all actors aspire to be truth tellers, Panettiere actually was.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Then scammers typically pile on pressure, adding voices claiming to be attorneys, courtroom clerks or bank tellers -- a cast of fictitious characters in a chaotic, urgent-sounding call.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

In a 2025 paper, the two likened AI to the ATM — noting that ATMs didn’t eliminate bank tellers, but instead reshaped their roles.

From MarketWatch Apr. 15, 2026

As often happens, truth tellers weren’t really in short supply.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 14, 2025

Almost all bank tellers were fired, and so was everyone else who did paperwork and customer interface in any other business.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson




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