clerk

A clerk is a person who keeps an organization's records.

Example: I called the city clerk's office to see if they had a record of her birth.

A sales clerk is the person in a shop who helps you find things you want to buy.

Example: A convenience store clerk was arrested for selling cigarettes to children.

A desk clerk is the person at a hotel who registers guests.

Example: The desk clerk called a taxi for us.

A law clerk is a person, often a junior lawyer, who is the assistant of a judge or another lawyer.

If you clerk, you work as a clerk, especially as a law clerk.

Example: She clerked for the judge in 1992, and says she and her fellow clerks worked "as many hours as we could stay awake, often past midnight and on weekends."