clerk

🇺🇸 /klɜːrk/ 🇬🇧 /klɑːk/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP10000Oxford5000
noun
B2

A person who helps customers in a store.

The store clerk helped me find the right size.

B2

A person who works at the front desk of a hotel.

The hotel clerk gave us our room key.

B2

A person who does office work like keeping records.

The office clerk files all the paperwork.

R

An official who keeps records for a court or council.

The court clerk keeps track of all legal documents.

verb
R

To work as a clerk.

She clerks at the local grocery store.

translation

n. A person who helps customers in a store.; A person who works at the front desk of a hotel.; A person who does office work like keeping records.; An official who keeps records for a court or council.
v. To work as a clerk.

Word Forms

3rd Present clerks
Past clerked
Perfect clerked
Progressive clerking
Plural clerks