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clerk

DEFINITIONS OF: clerk

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n an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)

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desk clerk, hotel clerk, hotel desk clerk
a hotel receptionist
file clerk, filer, filing clerk
a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization
paper-pusher
a clerk or bureaucrat who does paperwork
pencil pusher, penpusher
a clerk who does boring paperwork
mapper, plotter
a clerk who marks data on a chart
mail clerk, postal clerk
a clerk in a post office
settler
a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings
shipping clerk
an employee who ships and receives goods
sorter
a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office)
tally clerk, tallyman
one who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received
timekeeper
a clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees
room clerk
a hotel clerk who is responsible for room assignments to guests
Type of:
employee
a worker who is hired to perform a job

n a salesperson in a store

Synonyms:
salesclerk, shop assistant, shop clerk
Types:
shop boy
a young male shop assistant
shop girl
a young female shop assistant
Type of:
sales rep, sales representative, salesperson
a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited)

v work as a clerk, as in the legal business

Type of:
work
exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity
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