Teller

Definitions: Teller

Teller

Noun

1. United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bombs and the first hydrogen bomb (born in 1908).

2. An official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly).

3. An employee of a bank who receives and pays out money.

4. Someone who tells a story.

Date "Teller" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1607. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Finance	An employee of a depository institution who waits on customers, usually from behind a counter or some other partition. Tellers accept deposits, provide cash or checks for withdrawals, and perform most other routine customer services involving transfers of funds. (references)
Law	Member of the National Council or of the Council of States, who determines the results of elections and votes of the Council. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	See:tab. (references)
Occupations	Receives and pays out money, and keeps records of money and negotiable instruments involved in financial transactions: Receives checks and cash for deposit, verifies amount, and examines checks for endorsements. Cashes checks and pays out money after verification of signatures and customer balances. Enters customers' transactions into computer to record transactions, and issues computer-generated receipts. Places holds on accounts for uncollected funds. Orders daily supply of cash, and counts incoming cash. Balances currency, coin, and checks in cash drawer at end of shift, using calculator, and compares totaled amounts with data displayed on computer screen. Explains, promotes, or sells products or services, such as travelers checks, savings bonds, money orders, and cashier's checks. May open new accounts. May remove deposits from, and count and balance cash in, automated teller machines and night depository. May accept utility bill and loan payments. May use typewriter, photocopier, and check protector to prepare checks and financial documents. (references)
	Computes and collects payments from customers for utility services or appliances: Receives cash or check from customer or through mail. Totals items on bill, using adding machine. Records transaction on cash register and issues receipt and any change due customer. Balances totals received with totals on billing stubs. Explains charges on bill to customer and initiates action to adjust complaints. May collect customer's deposit for service connection. May specialize in handling delinquent bills or those presented for partial payment. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Teller

Synonyms: bank clerk (n), cashier (n), narrator (n), storyteller (n), vote counter (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Information	Informant, authority, teller, intelligencer, reporter, exponent, mouthpiece;
Oracle	Noun: oracle; prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer, witch, geomancer, aruspex; aruspice, haruspice; haruspex; astrologer, star gazer; Sibyl; Python, Pythoness; Pythia; Pythian oracle, Delphian oracle; Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra, Sibylline leaves; Zadkiel, Old Moore; sorcerer; interpreter.
Sorcerer	Warlock, charmer, exorcist, mage; cunning man, medicine man; Shaman, figure flinger, ecstatica; medium, clairvoyant, fortune teller; mesmerist; deus ex machina; soothsayer.
Treasurer	Noun: treasurer; bursar, bursary; purser, purse bearer; cash keeper, banker; depositary; questor, receiver, steward, trustee, accountant, Accountant General, almoner, liquidator, paymaster, cashier, teller; cambist; money changer; (merchant).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Teller

English words defined with "Teller": acquirer, Apologer, automated teller, automated teller machine, automatic teller, automatic teller machine ♦ Chirosophist, Cunningman ♦ Edward Teller ♦ Fatiloquist, fortune teller ♦ impelling ♦ Rumorer ♦ Spaewife, Starmonger ♦ Tellership. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Teller": 99778 ♦ ASSISTANT BRANCH MANAGER, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ♦ BOWYER, Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller method ♦ card processing clerk, coin teller, CREDIT CARD CONTROL CLERK, CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE ♦ debit card, discount window ♦ electronic funds transfer ♦ general teller ♦ KITTLE PITCHERING ♦ money-room teller ♦ Queen Anne is Dead ♦ sand technologist, SAND TESTER, SHAW ♦ teller console, Teller, Edward, TELLER, HEAD, TELLER, VAULT, teller's check. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Teller" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Afrikaan (teller), Dutch (teller), Estonian (teller), German (plate, plateful, platter, turntable), Tagalog (teller).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You sound just like that bitchy teller. (Good Morning, Miami; writing credit: James Grissom; David Kohan) You know how much a bank teller makes a week? (Dog Day Afternoon; writing credit: P.F. Kluge; Thomas Moore)
Lyrics	Just like a fortune teller ("One Good Woman"; performing artist: Peter Cetera) Don't need no fortune teller ("Joyride"; performing artist: Roxette)
Movie/TV Titles	Tall Tale Teller (1954) The Story Teller (1925) Ham the Fortune Teller (1916) Slippery Slim and the Fortune Teller (1914) The Receiving Teller (1912)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	The Truth Teller (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Teller Sense (reference) Story Teller (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Dragon Ball - Fortune Teller Baba - Five Warriors (Edited) (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Singer of songs / teller of tales (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	An absconding Teller.Credit: Library of Congress.		Silver Teller once more threatens to desert the elephant.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Henry M. Teller / Bureau, Engraving & Printing.Credit: Library of Congress.		Matteawan [i.e. Beacon], the Teller House, Fishkill-on-the-Hudson, New York.Credit: Library of Congress.
	The Teller house, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N.Y.Credit: Library of Congress.		The fortune teller, Chinatown, San Francisco.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Alice Nielson's production of The fortune teller.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Charles Lamb	The teller of a mirthful tale has latitude allowed him. We are content with less than absolute truth.
Robert Browning	Truth never hurts the teller.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Time Enough for Love	Robert Heinlein	A fake fortune teller can be tolerated.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		By January 2001, Sea Transport Bank plans to install and activate 12 automated teller machines and nearly 50 Point of Sales (POS) terminals. (references)
		These companies account for 81.5% of the credit cards, 77.7% of automatic teller machines (ATMs) and 77.9% of Point Of Sales (POS) terminals. (references)
		The Portuguese have displayed an appetite for improved telecommunication services, especially cellular telephones and Automatic Teller Machines. (references)
Economic History	Hungary	There is a large network of automatic teller machines (ATMs) throughout Hungary. (references)
	Saudi Arabia	Most of them are already completely computerized, including: automated teller machines, electronic funds transfer and data communication through BankNet, as well as office automation systems. (references)
	Ukraine	Ukraine is still a cash economy, but the Ukrainian credit card market is promising and rose two-fold during January-April, 2001. Ukrainian banks have been issuing Visa and Europay cards since 1997. The number of the Europay International and Visa International plastic cards issued in Ukraine is expected to reach 1.5 million by the end of 2001. Currently, the number of plastic cards issued by Ukrainian banks made 1.018 million as of March 1, 2001. The increase in the number of automatic teller machines (ATMs) to 536 is directly linked with the development of the payment-cards business. (references)
Political Economy	HONG KONG	Foreign banks established after 1978 are permitted to maintain only three branches (automated teller machines meet the definition of a branch). (references)
Trade	Bulgaria	However, several banks have introduced automatic teller machines. (references)
	Bulgaria	However, automatic teller machines now widespread in all the major cities. (references)
Travel	Senegal	Some local banks operate Automatic Teller Machines, which handle MasterCard, Visa and Cirrus cards. (references)
	Cote D'ivoire	Business travelers should bring travelers checks or withdraw cash on a credit card at the teller window in a bank. (references)
	Russia	Automatic Teller Machines are becoming more common in downtown Moscow, although there have been some instances of theft from card numbers used in these systems. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Teller" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 86.71% of the time. "Teller" is used about 143 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	86.71%	124	28,785
Noun (proper)	13.29%	19	80,337
Total	100.00%	143	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Teller" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Teller	Last name	1,000	10,147
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Teller, AK (city, FIPS 75930)
Location: 65.25605 N, 166.36303 W
Population (1990): 151 (64 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 99778
Country: USA

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Expressions: Teller

Expressions using "Teller": automated teller ♦ automated teller machine ♦ automatic teller ♦ automatic teller machine ♦ bank teller ♦ Edward Teller ♦ fortune teller ♦ story teller ♦ tale teller ♦ teller console ♦ Teller County ♦ vote teller. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Teller": Teller-ulam.
	Ending with "Teller": fortune-teller, Jahn-teller.
	Containing "Teller": fortune-teller-once, Oppenheimer-teller-super.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Teller

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
fortune teller	589
penn teller	230
teller	115
bank teller	100
free fortune teller	72
story teller	65
cold fortune gypsy psychic reader reading scam teller	61
net teller	47
edward teller	45
teller county colorado	28
teller county	28
free online fortune teller	20
bonwit teller	17
chinese fortune teller	16
fortune paper teller	15
bank resume sample teller	15
teller job	15
pen teller	15
bank salary teller	13
harris teller	13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Teller

Language		Translations for "Teller"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		teller. (various references)

Albanian		tregimtar (narrator, raconteur, storyteller, taleteller), sportelist në bankë, numërues votash, arkëtarja. (various references)

Arabic		‏محصي أصوات المقترعين, ‏متحدث, ‏القاص (repeater), ‏العاد لأي شيء, ‏الراوي (narrator, reciter, repeater, retailer), ‏أمين صندوق (bursar, parer, quartermaster, treasurer). (various references)

Basque		kutxazaina (Automatic Teller Machine), bankaria (bank teller). (various references)

Breton		rakleder. (various references)

Bulgarian		разказвач (narrator, taleteller). (various references)

Catalan		empleat (employee). (various references)

Chinese		出纳, 出納�"� (cashier, treasurer). (various references)

Croatian		bankomat (money teller machine). (various references)

Czech		vyprávìè (conversationalist, narrator, retailer, story teller), skrutátor, sèítaè hlasù, pokladník (cashier, treasurer). (various references)

Danish		stemmetæller. (various references)

Dutch		teller (counter, counting device, ENUM, enumerator, integrating meter, meter, numerator), de stemopnemer. (various references)

Esperanto		gi’etisto. (various references)

Estonian		teller. (various references)

Farsi		قاءل , گوینده (Announcer, Narrator, Speaker), تحویل دار, رای شمار. (various references)

Finnish		pankkivirkailija (bank clerk, bank official). (various references)

Flemish		kasbediende. (various references)

French		scrutateur, caissier. (various references)

German		Kassierer (cashier, cashiers, clerk, collector, treasurer), Erzähler (narrative writer, narrator, narrators, story teller, talker, talkers, tellers), bankangestellter. (various references)

Greek		μετρητήσ (calibrator, counter, gauge, gauger, measurer, meter, register), λέγων (sayer, telling), ταμίασ τράπεζησ, ταμίασ τράπεζασ. (various references)

Haitian Creole		kesye. (various references)

Hebrew		מו� �" קולות. (various references)

Hungarian		bankpénztáros (bank cashier, bank teller), szavazatszámláló, elbeszélő (narrative, narrator, storyteller). (various references)

Indonesian		pendongeng (narrator, story teller), pencerita (narrator, story teller), gandengan (sidecar, truck teller). (various references)

Irish		t-airgeadóir. (various references)

Italian		cassiere (cashier). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		出納係り (cashier), 出納係 (cashier, treasurer), 口座係 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		すいとうがかり (cashier, treasurer), �"うざかかり. (various references)

Korean		즘� � 출납원. (various references)

Manx		argheyder (teller bank). (various references)

Maori		kai-tatau moni. (various references)

Pig Latin		ellertay

Portuguese		recebedor (receiver, taker), pagador (paying, paymaster), o escrutinador, narrador (narrator, narrators, reciter, storyteller), golpe bem dado, caixa (ash-box, bank window, basket, bin, bottom drawer, box, bunker, cage, canister, case, cash, cash in hand, cash keeper, cash on hand, cashier, cashier's stand, casing, chest, coalscuttle, coffer, collector box, compartment, desk, enclosure, fish box, fund, housing, hutch, jug, kit, money box, pay-box, rack, receiver, safe, saladin box, sheath, thyroid, thyroid gland, treasurer, vessel, watch case, writing table), bancário (bank, bank clerk, bank employee, banker's, banking), aquele que conta. (various references)

Romanian		verificator al voturi, povestitor (narrator, reciter, relater, story teller, tale teller), casier la o bancã. (various references)

Russian		кассир (cashier, paymaster). (various references)

Scottish		sgeulaiche (a story teller). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pripovedač (narrator, story teller, storyteller, taleteller), blagajnik (cashier, paymaster, pursebearer, treasurer). (various references)

Somali		lacag-bixiyahu (automatic teller). (various references)

Spanish		cajero (cashier, checker, male cashier). (various references)

Swedish		bankkassör (bank cashier). (various references)

Tagalog		teller. (various references)

Turkish		veznedar (cashier, treasurer), söyleyen, banka memuru (bank clerk, bank teller), anlatan (narrator). (various references)

Ukranian		касир (cashier, paymaster), обліковець голосів, оповідач (storyteller). (various references)

Vietnamese		người kể chuyện, người hay kể chuyện. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Teller

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Teller": tellers. (additional references)
	Words ending with "Teller": foreteller, fortuneteller, hosteller, storyteller. (additional references)
	Words containing "Teller": foretellers, fortunetellers, hostellers, storytellers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Teller" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: geller, talar, taler, talir, tallor, tallyer, tayler, teele, Teillac, tele, telea, telec, telee, teleg, telek, teleo, telep, teler, tella, tellar, tellee, telli, tello, telloer, tesler, tillir, Tjele, toler, Tolmer, zeller. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Teller"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "Teller" (pronounced te"ler)
4	t e" l er	interstellar, stellar.
3	-e" l er	bestseller, cellar, dweller, feller, Heller, lamellar, propeller, reseller, seller, sheller, sneller, speller.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Teller

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: retell.
	Words within the letters "e-e-l-l-r-t"
	-1 letter: relet.
	-2 letters: leer, leet, reel, rete, teel, tele, tell, tree.
	-3 letters: eel, ell, ere, lee, let, ree, ret, tee, tel.
	-4 letters: el, er, et, re.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-l-l-r-t"
	+1 letter: retells, tellers.
	+2 letters: billeter, cellaret, extoller, foretell, laetrile, solleret, terrella, tillered.
	+3 letters: alterable, belittler, billeters, cellarets, cruellest, electoral, enterally, eternally, extollers, fertilely, foretells, hosteller, intercell, laetriles, lateraled, millerite, recollect, relatable, relatedly, repellant, repellent, retelling, rillettes, rubellite, sollerets, sterilely, telluride, terrellas, tillermen, tolerable, tramelled, travelled, traveller, treillage, trellised, trellises, trolleyed, trowelled.
	+4 letters: allegretto, alliterate, allurement, belittlers, belletrist, bellwether, bestseller, brocatelle, carpellate, cellarette, clerkliest, electrical, enrollment, enthralled, ethereally, externally, extralegal, filterable, foreteller, galleryite, gillnetter, hostellers, illiterate, immortelle, lateralize, lateralled, leafleteer, literalize, literately, lusterless, millerites, millimeter, palletizer, pelletizer, propellent, reallocate, reallotted, recollects, redolently, relatively, relentless, relevantly, repellants, repellents, resolutely, restfuller, restlessly, resultless, retellings, rubellites, stenciller, tellurides, tendrilled, tetherball, timbrelled, tirelessly, trammelled, travellers, treillages.
	+5 letters: alkalimeter, allegrettos, alliterated, alliterates, allometries, allosteries, allurements, alternately, artilleries, belletrists, belligerent, bellwethers, bestsellers, boilerplate, bristlelike, brocatelles, bullterrier, carefullest, cellarettes, chanterelle, cholesterol, crenellated, crestfallen, elaborately, electorally, electroless, electrology, electrolyte, electrolyze, enrollments, equilateral, fearfullest, flusteredly, forestalled, forestaller, foretellers, foretelling, galleryites, gillnetters, gratefuller, heartlessly, heretically, illiterates, immortelles, inalterable, interallied, intertilled, intervalley, intolerable, lateralized, lateralizes, leafleteers, leatherleaf, leatherlike, legislature, literalized, literalizes, literalness, lobsterlike, millimeters, multiplexer, overliteral, palletizers, pelletizers, pellitories, perpetually, preallotted, prevalently, propellents, pulverulent, rathskeller, reallocated, reallocates, recalculate, recollected, redistilled, regretfully, reinstalled, relocatable, repellently, resentfully, resiliently, restfullest, shelterbelt, shelterless, spirituelle, spitefuller, steamrolled, steamroller, stencillers, stonewaller, storyteller, teetotaller, tetherballs, titleholder, trailerable, unalterable, versatilely, vorticellae.
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