clerk

A person who helps customers and sells things in a shop.

• The clerk showed me the shoes.
• Ask a store clerk where the milk is.
• The clerks were helping customers at the counter.

Similar words: sales assistant, shop assistant, salesclerk

Common phrases: sales clerk, store clerk, checkout clerk

A person whose job is to keep records and do other office work.

• The clerk checked my form.
• She works as an accounts clerk.
• Two clerks searched the records for his name.

Similar words: office worker

Common phrases: office clerk, city clerk, accounts clerk

A person who welcomes hotel guests, gives them rooms, and helps with their requests.

• The clerk gave us our key.
• The hotel clerk booked a taxi for me.
• A night clerk checked us in after midnight.

Similar words: receptionist, desk attendant

Common phrases: desk clerk, hotel clerk, front desk clerk

A person, often a young lawyer, who helps a judge or lawyer with legal work.

• The judge hired a law clerk.
• Her clerk researched similar cases.
• Two clerks helped prepare the court’s ruling.

Similar words: legal assistant

Common phrases: law clerk, judicial clerk, judge’s clerk

To do office or legal support work, especially for a judge.

• She clerks for a judge.
• He clerked at the court last year.
• Would you like to clerk for that justice?

How to use it: clerk for someone (She clerked for a federal judge after graduation.); clerk at something (He clerked at a law firm during the summer.)

Common phrases: clerk for someone, clerk at court