Teller

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Teller \Tell"er\, n.
     1. One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer,
        narrator, or describer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly


        appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay
        moneys payable by the king. --Cowell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. An employee of a bank who receives money paid in, and pays
        money out, and makes records of such transactions.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     4. One who is appointed to count the votes given in a
        legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Teller
       n 1: United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the
            first atom bombs and the first hydrogen bomb (born in
            1908) [syn: {Edward Teller}]
       2: an official appointed to count the votes (especially in
          legislative assembly) [syn: {vote counter}]
       3: an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money [syn:
          {cashier}, {bank clerk}]
       4: someone who tells a story [syn: {narrator}, {storyteller}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "teller":
     adviser, announcer, annunciator, authority, bank clerk,
     bank manager, bank officer, bank president, banker,
     banking executive, bill broker, cambist, cashier, channel,
     communicant, communicator, discounter, enlightener, expert witness,
     gossipmonger, grapevine, informant, information center,
     information medium, informer, interviewee, investment banker,
     loan officer, money broker, money changer, money dealer,
     moneylender, moneymonger, monitor, mouthpiece, newsmonger,
     note broker, notifier, press, public relations officer, publisher,
     radio, reporter, source, spokesman, television, tipster, tout,
     trust officer, witness
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  TELLER. An officer in a bank or other institution. He is said to take that 
  name from tallier, or one who kept a tally, because it is his duty to keep 
  the accounts between the bank or other institution and its customers, or to 
  make their accounts tally. In another sense teller signifies a person 
  appointed to receive votes. In England the name of teller is given to 
  certain officers in the exchequer. 
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  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

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Teller -- U.S. County in Colorado
     Population (2000):    20555
     Housing Units (2000): 10362
     Land area (2000):     557.062542 sq. miles (1442.785299 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    1.892872 sq. miles (4.902515 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    558.955414 sq. miles (1447.687814 sq. km)
     Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
     Location:             38.912363 N, 105.156719 W
     Headwords:
      Teller
      Teller, CO
      Teller County
      Teller County, CO
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Teller, AK -- U.S. city in Alaska
     Population (2000):    268
     Housing Units (2000): 87
     Land area (2000):     1.915281 sq. miles (4.960556 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.192732 sq. miles (0.499174 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.108013 sq. miles (5.459730 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            75930
     Located within:       Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
     Location:             65.257294 N, 166.353807 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     99778
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Teller, AK
      Teller