Glossary
Bank Teller Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential bank teller terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key bank teller vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in bank teller training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Balancing
- Matching cash to records.
- Cash drawer
- Teller’s money.
- Cashier’s check
- Check guaranteed by the bank.
- Counterfeit
- Fake money.
- CTR
- Currency transaction report over 10,000 in cash.
- Dual control
- Two people for vault access.
- Endorsement
- Signature on a check.
- Hold
- Delay on deposited funds.
- Money order
- Prepaid payment.
- Overage
- More cash than expected.
- Overdraft
- Spending more than the balance.
- SAR
- Suspicious activity report.
- Shortage
- Less cash than expected.
- Universal banker
- Teller who opens accounts.
- Vault
- Secure cash storage.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Bank Teller practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Bank Teller training.
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