Glossary
Office Clerk Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential office clerk terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key office clerk vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in office clerk training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Calendar
- Schedule of meetings.
- Clerical
- Office support work.
- Confidential
- Private information.
- Data entry
- Typing into systems.
- Filing
- Organizing records.
- Front desk
- Reception area.
- Inbox
- Incoming work.
- Memo
- Internal note.
- Multi-line phone
- Phone with several lines.
- Petty cash
- Small cash fund.
- Prioritize
- Decide what comes first.
- Scan
- Digitize paper.
- Spreadsheet
- Table of data.
- Supply order
- Buying office supplies.
- Voicemail
- Recorded messages.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Office Clerk practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Office Clerk training.
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