clerk
- Top 5000
Sense 1
- noun
- A2
Someone whose job is to work in an office or to serve people at a window, dealing with forms, records and payments.
The clerk weighed my package and told me the price.
Ask the clerk at the window about sending it registered.
A clerk stamped the form twice and handed it back.
Common collocations: post office clerk · bank clerk · office clerk · filing clerk · desk clerk
Part of: The post office, The office, Jobs, Public offices
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- B1
In American English, a person who serves customers in a shop and takes their money.
The clerk showed me the same jacket in a larger size.
A friendly clerk helped us find batteries in the third aisle.
He worked as a clerk in a bookshop every summer.
Common collocations: store clerk · sales clerk · shop clerk · work as a clerk
Part of: Shops and shopping, Jobs
Forms
- plural
- clerks