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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

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

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

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

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

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

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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. klerk كاتِب، مُوَظَّف مَكْتَب писар úředník kontorassistent; sekretær der/die Sekretär(in) γραφέας, υπάλληλος γραφείου oficinista kontoriametnik منشی konttoristi employé/-ée (de bureau) פָּקִיד, פְּקִידָה क्लर्क činovnik, knjigovođa irodai dolgozó juru tulis skrifstofumaður, ritari impiegato; contabile 事務員 직원, 사무원 raštvedys, klerkas sekretārs; kantora darbinieks kerani kantoorbediende kontorist, kontorfunksjonær, sekretær urzędnik amanuense funcţionar клерк úradník tajnik, uradnik činovnik kontorist, bokhållare เสมียน kâtip 辦事員，文書 клерк; конторський службовець دفتر میں کام کرنے والا بابو thư ký 办事员，文书

2 a public official in charge of the business affairs of the town council etc the town clerk. klerk كاتِب حِسابات чиновник obecní rada/tajemník rådmand der/die Leiter(in) γραμματέας secretario sekretär مسئول شورای شهر sihteeri secrétaire de municipalité מַזְכִּיר मुंशी gradski tajnik tisztviselő pegawai kota praja bæjarritari segretario comunale 事務官 시의회의 사무관 valdininkas ierēdnis setiausaha secretaris rådmann urzędnik funcionário secretar секретарь tajomník tajnik službenik tjänsteman เจ้าหน้าที่ด้านธุรกิจสัมพันธ์ tahrirat kâtibi veya evrak müdürü 管理員 чиновник, секретар شہری کونسل کے معاملات کی دیکھ بھال کرنے والا người đảm trách sổ sách 管理员

3 (American) a shop-assistant. winkelbediende بائِعٌ في مَخْزَن продавач příručí ekspedient der/die Verkäufer(in) πωλητής dependiente müüja فروشنده myyjä vendeur/-euse מוֹכֵר सहायक prodavač eladó pelayan toko afgreiðslumaður commesso 店員 점원 pardavėjas pārdevējs pembantu kedai winkelbediende ekspeditør, (butikk)selger sprzedawca balconista vânzător продавец pomocník prodajalec prodavac butiksbiträde, expedit ผู้ช่วยประจำร้าน tezgâhtar, satıcı 店員 продавець, продавщиця نائب دوکان دار người bán hàng 店员