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# teller

noun (a teller, tellers)

«teller» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A teller is a person who works at a bank counter, taking in and paying out money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#m1)
2. A teller is a person who tells something, especially in words like «storyteller» or «fortune-teller». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#m2)
3. A teller is a person who counts the votes in an election or meeting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#m3)

### In the lessons

In money lessons, the bank teller takes deposits and gives withdrawals; machines that do the same are «ATMs» (automated teller machines), called «cash machines» in the UK. In literacy lessons a «storyteller» tells stories out loud. Phrases: «bank teller», «storyteller», «fortune-teller», «ATM».

### Examples

- The bank teller counted out the money. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#x1)
- Dad took cash from the automated teller machine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#x2)
- The storyteller held the children spellbound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#x3)
- A fortune-teller says she can see the future. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#x4)
- The tellers counted the votes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#x5)
- My aunt works as a teller at the bank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#x6)
- Tell the teller how much you want to deposit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#x7)
- "Maybe I wouldn't," said the story-teller. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#x8)

### Note

Plural: tellers. From «tell» + -er (double l). Fortune-tellers cannot really see the future; it is a trick or a game.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «teller» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«teller» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teller.html) on Mova free.