clerking

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

clerking - the activity of recording business transactions bookkeeping accountancy, accounting - the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business single entry, single-entry bookkeeping - a simple bookkeeping system; transactions are entered in only one account double entry, double-entry bookkeeping - bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another posting - (bookkeeping) a listing on the company's records; "the posting was made in the cash account"