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# teller

«teller» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who works at a bank counter, taking in and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a teller, tellers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A teller is a person who works at a bank counter, taking in and paying out money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#m1)

2) A teller is a person who tells something, especially in words like «storyteller» or «fortune-teller». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#m2)

3) A teller is a person who counts the votes in an election or meeting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In money lessons, the bank teller takes deposits and gives withdrawals; machines that do the same are «ATMs» (automated teller machines), called «cash machines» in the UK. In literacy lessons a «storyteller» tells stories out loud. Phrases: «bank teller», «storyteller», «fortune-teller», «ATM».

### examples

- The bank teller counted out the money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#x1)
- Dad took cash from the automated teller machine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#x2)
- The storyteller held the children spellbound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#x3)
- A fortune-teller says she can see the future. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#x4)
- The tellers counted the votes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#x5)
- My aunt works as a teller at the bank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#x6)
- Tell the teller how much you want to deposit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#x7)
- "Maybe I wouldn't," said the story-teller. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/#x8)

### note

Plural: tellers. From «tell» + -er (double l). Fortune-tellers cannot really see the future; it is a trick or a game.

### In the corpora

- [Fortune tellers and horoscopes use general statements that fit almost anyone; there is no evidence they predict the future.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/14/)
- [People lose a lot of money every year to fortune tellers and other tricks that use guesses that fit almost anyone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/31/)
- [Fortune tellers often say things that fit almost anyone, and listeners fill in the details themselves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/448-the-magicians-trick-explained/37/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «teller» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teller/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.