WordNet
tally clerk
n. one who keeps a tally of quantity or weight of goods produced or shipped or received [syn: tallyman]
Usage examples of "tally clerk".
Bales and boxes lay piled on the dock from the offloading, presided over by a tally clerk and two stalwart male slaves.
Bales and boxes lay piled on the dockfrom the offloading, presided over by a tally clerk and twostalwart male slaves.
Supervising this entire phase of the operation was a medical officer with a flair for accounting who okayed pulses and checked the figures of the tally clerk.
We could probably have walked out carrying a case, but Master Li didn't want to deal with an alarm from a careful tally clerk and he signaled for us to keep going.