Noun
clerk -
an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)
employee a worker who is hired to perform a job
desk clerk ,
hotel clerk ,
hotel desk clerk a hotel receptionist
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 an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures
mail clerk ,
postal clerk a clerk in a post office
settler a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
shipping clerk an employee who ships and receives goods
sorter a machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes
tally clerk ,
tallyman one who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received
clerk -
a salesperson in a store
salesclerk ,
shop clerk ,
shop assistant
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)
britain ,
u.k. ,
uk ,
united kingdom ,
united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland ,
great britain a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
shop boy a young male shop assistant
Verb
clerk -
work as a clerk, as in the legal business
work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times"
