Clerk

Clerk

Clerk ( /ˈklɑrk/KLARK or /ˈklɜrk/KLURK), the vocational title, commonly refers to a white-collar worker who conducts general office tasks; it overlaps with retail clerks who perform similar sales-related tasks in a retail environment. It is also occasionally used to refer to third-year medical students completing a medical clerkship. The responsibilities of clerical workers commonly include record keeping, filing, staffing service counters and other administrative tasks.

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    A clerk ther was of Oxenford also
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    Then louder cry’d the Clerk Colvill,
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