clerk

/klɑːk/

/klɜːrk/ noun [C] WORKPLACE, HR

Definition

› a person who works in an office, dealing with records or performing general office duties: filing/wage/accounts clerk a junior office clerk

› (also desk clerk) US a hotel employee who helps guests when they arrive and leave: The clerk checked us in and gave us our key.

› (also sales clerk) US someone who sells things in a shop: Take your purchases to the clerk, and he will wrap them for you.

(Definition of clerk noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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