teller

«teller» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who works at a bank counter, taking in and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a teller, tellers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A teller is a person who works at a bank counter, taking in and paying out money. tree →

2) A teller is a person who tells something, especially in words like «storyteller» or «fortune-teller». tree →

3) A teller is a person who counts the votes in an election or meeting. tree →

sense 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 →
• Dad took cash from the automated teller machine. tree →
• The storyteller held the children spellbound. tree →
• A fortune-teller says she can see the future. tree →
• The tellers counted the votes. tree →
• My aunt works as a teller at the bank. tree →
• Tell the teller how much you want to deposit. tree →
• "Maybe I wouldn't," said the story-teller. tree →

note

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

In the corpora

• Fortune tellers and horoscopes use general statements that fit almost anyone; there is no evidence they predict the future.
• People lose a lot of money every year to fortune tellers and other tricks that use guesses that fit almost anyone.
• Fortune tellers often say things that fit almost anyone, and listeners fill in the details themselves.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «teller» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.