Teller

Teller

Teller may refer to:
* a bank teller, a bank employee responsible for receiving and disbursing money; sometimes referred to as a cashier
* a Teller (elections) who counts the votes in an election
* an automated teller machine
* a fortune teller, someone who practices fortune-telling
* the Teller Amendment, an 1898 amendment to the United States declaration of war against Spain proposed by Henry Moore Teller
* the Teller mine, a World War II-era German anti-tank mine

Teller is also the name of some places in the United States of America:
* Teller, Alaska
* Teller County, Colorado

Teller is also the name of several people:
* Wilhelm Abraham Teller (1734–1804), a German Protestant theologian
* Henry Moore Teller (1830–1914), a U.S. politician
* Leopold Teller (1844–??), a Hungarian actor
* Edward Teller (1908–2003), a nuclear physicist known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb"
* Ludwig Teller (1911–1965), a U.S. Naval lieutenant and political figure
* Teller (magician) (born Raymond Joseph Teller in 1948), a member of the comedy and magic duo Penn and Teller
* Juergen Teller (born 1964), a German photographer

Teller is also the name of a company:
* Teller AS is Norways largest acquirer of international card transactions and the largest supplier of services to Norwegian card issuers.


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  • Teller — en el 2007 Teller (nacido como Raymond Joseph Teller el 14 de febrero de 1948) es un ilusionista estadounidense, mejor conocido como el sujeto callado y pequeño del duo Penn y Teller. Legalmente cambió su nombre a Teller y posee uno de los pocos… …   Wikipedia Español

  • teller — tell‧er [ˈtelə ǁ ər] noun [countable] especially AmE someone whose job is to receive and pay out money in a bank; = cashier Bre: • Tellers are now using on line real time systems to access customers accounts. * * * teller UK US /ˈtelər/ noun [C]… …   Financial and business terms

  • Teller — Teller, AK U.S. city in Alaska Population (2000): 268 Housing Units (2000): 87 Land area (2000): 1.915281 sq. miles (4.960556 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.192732 sq. miles (0.499174 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.108013 sq. miles (5.459730 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Teller, AK — U.S. city in Alaska Population (2000): 268 Housing Units (2000): 87 Land area (2000): 1.915281 sq. miles (4.960556 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.192732 sq. miles (0.499174 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.108013 sq. miles (5.459730 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Teller — [Basiswortschatz (Rating 1 1500)] Bsp.: • Ich stellte vier Teller auf den Tisch. • Shane trägt einen Teller …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • Teller — Tell er, n. 1. One who tells, relates, or communicates; an informer, narrator, or describer. [1913 Webster] 2. One of four officers of the English Exchequer, formerly appointed to receive moneys due to the king and to pay moneys payable by the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Teller [1] — Teller, 1) flaches Gefäß mit einem etwas vorstehenden Rande. Die gewöhnlichen Tischteller, auf welchen man bei Tische die Speisen vorlegt, zerschneidet u. genießt, sind meist von Porzellan, Steingut od. Zinn; Ärmere haben T. von Töpfergut, od.… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Teller [2] — Teller, 1) Romanus, geb. 1701 in Leipzig; war zuerst Katechet an der Peterskirche daselbst, wurde 1727 Sonnabendsprediger, 1731 Diakonus in Merseburg, 1732 Prediger an der Thomaskirche in Leipzig, 1740 Professor der Theologie u. st. 1750. Er gab… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Teller — kommen bei den german. Völkern schon in den ältesten Zeiten vor, und zwar aus Ton wie aus Metall und Holz; doch wurden anfangs die Speisen darin bloß aufgetragen, worauf jeder Tischgenosse sein Stück Fleisch auf eine Brotschnitte legte, um es… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Teller — Teller, Wilh. Abraham, prot. Theolog, geb. 1734 zu Leipzig, gest. 1804 als Oberconsistorialrath und Pastor an der Peterskirche zu Berlin, diente der rationalistischen Aufklärung mit vielen exegetischen, dogmatischen und dogmenhistorischen… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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