1
: one that relates or communicates
a teller of stories
2
: one that reckons or counts: such as
a
: a member of a bank's staff concerned with the direct handling of money received or paid out
b
: one appointed to count votes
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Her work history includes a variety of positions, from bank teller to real estate agent to the health care field.
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Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2025
For us, everybody in the show has secrets and everybody lies, but there are also a lot of truth tellers.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 30 May 2025
His desk on the third floor of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building sat to the left of the teller windows serving in-person customers who had come in on a sunny Wednesday morning.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Gone is the traditional row of bank tellers; there is instead a concierge desk and a solitary ATM machine.
—Hugh Son, CNBC, 27 May 2025
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Doug Thompson, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2025
For us, everybody in the show has secrets and everybody lies, but there are also a lot of truth tellers.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 30 May 2025
His desk on the third floor of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building sat to the left of the teller windows serving in-person customers who had come in on a sunny Wednesday morning.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Gone is the traditional row of bank tellers; there is instead a concierge desk and a solitary ATM machine.
—Hugh Son, CNBC, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for teller
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“Teller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teller. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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teller
noun
tell·er
ˈtel-ər 
1
: one that tells
a teller of tales
2
: a person who counts votes (as in a legislative body)
3
: a bank employee who receives and pays out money
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