"bank clerk who pays or receives money," late 15c., "person who keeps accounts," agent noun from tell (v.) in its secondary sense of "count, enumerate," which is the primary sense of cognate words in many Germanic languages. Earlier "person who announces or narrates" (c. 1300).
例文
1. a foul-mouthed teller of lies
暴言を吐く嘘つき
2.Mr.Smith takes the biscuit as a story teller .
スミス氏の物語は比類のないものだ。
3.The teller is adding up her receipts.
出納係が受け取った金額を加算しています。
4.A fortune- teller flimflamed her out of her savings.