clerk
Meaning of clerk
noun
- a person employed in an office or bank to keep records, accounts, and undertake other routine administrative duties.
a bank clerk
a wages clerk
- a receptionist in a hotel.
she approached the desk and the clerk looked down at her
- a member of the clergy.
- a literate or scholarly person.
- work as a clerk.
eleven of those who left college this year are clerking in auction stores
Old English cleric, clerc (in the sense ‘ordained minister, literate person’), from ecclesiastical Latin clericus ‘clergyman’ (see cleric); reinforced by Old French clerc, from the same source. clerk (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the early 16th century.
Information about clerk
- The plural form of clerk is: clerks.
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Hyphenation of clerk
clerk
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- clerk is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
clerk synonyms
Meaning salesclerk:
Meaning a person responsible for carrying out the administration of a business or organization:
Meaning a person whose job is to keep records of the financial affairs of a business:
Meaning a person handling payments and receipts in a shop, bank, or business:
Meaning a person employed to deal with customers' transactions in a bank:
Meaning a respectful title or form of address for a man, especially an educated one:
Meaning a clerk, scribe, or notary:
Words that rhyme with clerk
Clerk, beauclerk, checkclerk, outclerk, penclerk, salesclerk, subclerk, underclerk
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