Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office or post of teller; a position as teller.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office or employment of a teller.
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- noun The office or employment of a
teller .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"The tellership that you wanted a Canadian for," he asked,
Frenzied Fiction Stephen Leacock 1906
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In 1656, he appeared in Cromwell's Parliament, as member for Haddington, and secured for himself a plurality of offices, which combined a tellership of the
Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 Henry Craik 1886
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Macclesfield had a special salary of £4000 per annum, during his occupancy of the marble chair, and obtained a grant of £12,000 from the king; -- a tellership in the Exchequer being also bestowed upon his eldest son.
A Book About Lawyers John Cordy Jeaffreson 1866
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Thurlow a reversion of a tellership at £3,000 per annum.
Memoirs of the Courts and Cabinets of George the Third From the Original Family Documents, Volume 1 (of 2) Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville Buckingham and Chandos 1829
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