clerk

clerk  (klûrk; British klärk)

n.

1. A person who works in an office performing such tasks as keeping records, attending to correspondence, or filing.

2.

a. A person who keeps the records and performs the regular business of a court, legislative body, or municipal district.

b. Law A law clerk, as for a judge.

3. A person who works at a sales counter or service desk, as at a store or hotel.

4. A cleric.

5. Archaic A scholar.

intr.v. clerked, clerk·ing, clerks

To work or serve as a clerk: clerked in a store; clerks for a judge.

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[Middle English, clergyman, secretary, from Old English clerc and Old French clerc, clergyman, both from Late Latin clricus, from Greek klrikos, belonging to the clergy, from klros, inheritance, lot.]

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clerkdom n.

clerkship n.

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clerk

Noun

1. an employee in an office, bank, or court who keeps records, files, and accounts

2. US & Canad a hotel receptionist

3. Archaic a scholar

Verb

to work as a clerk [Greek klērikos cleric, from klēros heritage]

clerkship n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	clerk - an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts) desk clerk, hotel clerk, hotel desk clerk - a hotel receptionist employee - a worker who is hired to perform a job file clerk, filing clerk, filer - a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization paper-pusher - a clerk or bureaucrat who does paperwork pencil pusher, penpusher - a clerk who does boring paperwork mapper, plotter - a clerk who marks data on a chart mail clerk, postal clerk - a clerk in a post office settler - a clerk in a betting shop who calculates the winnings shipping clerk - an employee who ships and receives goods sorter - a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office) tally clerk, tallyman - one who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received timekeeper - a clerk who keeps track of the hours worked by employees
	2.	clerk - a salesperson in a store             salesclerk, shop assistant, shop clerk sales rep, sales representative, salesperson - a person employed to represent a business and to sell its merchandise (as to customers in a store or to customers who are visited) shop boy - a young male shop assistant shop girl - a young female shop assistant
Verb	1.	clerk - work as a clerk, as in the legal business work - exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"

Translations

clerk [klɑːk] US [kləːk]

n → oficinista m/f;

(US) → dependiente/a m/f; vendedor(a) m/f;

Clerk of the Court → secretario/a de juzgado

clerk [klɑːk] (US) [kləːrk] n (Brit) → employé(e) de bureau;

(US) (= salesman/woman); vendeur/euse;

Clerk of Court (Law) → greffier m (du tribunal)

clerk [klɑːk, (ɐʊS}) kləːrk] n (Brit) → Büroangestellte(r) f(m);

(US) (sales person) → Verkäufer(in) m(f)

clerk [klɑːk ] (US) [kləːrk] n → impiegato/a;

(US) (= salesman/woman); commesso/a;

Clerk of the Court (LAW) → cancelliere m

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clerk

n clerk [klaːk, (American ) klə:k]

1 a person who deals with letters, accounts etc in an office. klerkكاتِب، مُوَظَّف مَكْتَبписарúředníkkontorassistent; sekretærder/die Sekretär(in)γραφέας, υπάλληλος γραφείουoficinistakontoriametnikمنشیkonttoristiemployé/-ée (de bureau)פָּקִיד, פְּקִידָהक्लर्कčinovnik, knjigovođairodai dolgozójuru tulisskrifstofumaður, ritariimpiegato; contabile事務員직원, 사무원raštvedys, klerkassekretārs; kantora darbiniekskeranikantoorbediendekontorist, kontorfunksjonær, sekretærurzędnikamanuensefuncţionarклеркúradníktajnik, uradnikčinovnikkontorist, bokhållareเสมียนkâtip辦事員，文書клерк; конторський службовецьدفتر میں کام کرنے والا بابوthư ký办事员，文书

2 a public official in charge of the business affairs of the town council etc the town clerk.klerkكاتِب حِساباتчиновникobecní rada/tajemníkrådmandder/die Leiter(in)γραμματέαςsecretariosekretärمسئول شورای شهرsihteerisecrétaire de municipalitéמַזְכִּירमुंशीgradski tajniktisztviselőpegawai kota prajabæjarritarisegretario comunale事務官시의회의 사무관valdininkasierēdnissetiausahasecretarisrådmannurzędnikfuncionáriosecretarсекретарьtajomníktajnikslužbeniktjänstemanเจ้าหน้าที่ด้านธุรกิจสัมพันธ์tahrirat kâtibi veya evrak müdürü管理員чиновник, секретарشہری کونسل کے معاملات کی دیکھ بھال کرنے والاngười đảm trách sổ sách管理员

3 (American) a shop-assistant. winkelbediendeبائِعٌ في مَخْزَنпродавачpříručíekspedientder/die Verkäufer(in)πωλητήςdependientemüüjaفروشندهmyyjävendeur/-euseמוֹכֵרसहायकprodavačeladópelayan tokoafgreiðslumaðurcommesso店員점원pardavėjaspārdevējspembantu kedaiwinkelbediendeekspeditør, (butikk)selgersprzedawcabalconistavânzătorпродавецpomocníkprodajalecprodavacbutiksbiträde, expeditผู้ช่วยประจำร้านtezgâhtar, satıcı店員продавець, продавщицяنائب دوکان دارngười bán hàng店员