clerk

/klɜrk/
noun
  1. A person who works in an office, store, or bank, typically handling records, accounts, or customer service.
    • She works as a sales clerk at the department store on weekends.
    • The clerk at the front desk helped me check in to the hotel.
    • The bank clerk counted the cash carefully before handing it over.
  2. An official in charge of the records of a court, council, or other organization.
    • Please ask the clerk of the committee for a copy of the minutes.
    • The town clerk keeps all the birth and marriage records.
    • The court clerk filed the documents for the trial.
verb
  1. To work as a clerk, especially in an office or store.
    • During college, she clerked for a law firm to gain experience.
    • They hired him to clerk in the accounting department.
    • He clerks at a small bookstore downtown.
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