clerk
noun [C] /klɑːk/
/klɝːk/ Definition
› a person who works in an office, dealing with records or performing general office duties: a filing clerk a junior office clerkEmployment status and types of workServants, slaves and underlings › US a hotel employee who welcomes guests when they arrive: The (desk) clerk checked us in and gave us our key.Employment status and types of workHotels and hostels › US someone who sells things in a shop: Take your purchases to the (sales) clerk, and he will wrap them for you.People who sell thingsTraders, merchants and entrepreneurs
(Definition of clerk noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- agent noun (REPRESENTATIVE)
- assistant noun
- auctioneer noun
- barker noun
- barrow boy noun
- cashier noun
- franchisee noun
- hawker noun
- ironmonger noun
- label noun (COMPANY)
- marketeer noun
- salesclerk noun
- salesman noun
- salesperson noun
- saleswoman noun
- scalper noun
- tobacconist noun
- travelling salesman noun
- vendor noun
- wholesaler noun
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