Collocations for "clerk"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "clerk" in context.
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clerk
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [sales, shop, store, shoe] clerk
- A [sales] clerk will [attend, help] you.
- A [sales] clerk will be with you shortly.
- asked the clerk [where, how, what, how much]
- asked the clerk to [wrap up, help, find, show]
- was [greeted, attended to, assisted] by a (store) clerk
- is a [junior, senior, new] clerk
- works as [an office, a law, a government, a bank] clerk
- is employed as [an office] clerk
- has been [taken on, hired] as a clerk
- is a clerk for a law [firm, office]
- started as a clerk [in, at, for]
- [written, noted, presented] by the clerk of the court
- the clerk [wrote down]
'clerk' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):