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reception
Noun
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A reception of something is how well it is doing.
The reception of this video game is pretty good. I recommend buying it.
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A reception is a party-like social affair for meeting someone important or special.
A reception was held in the civic center for the winners of the county art competition.
The bridal couple's gifts were displayed at the wedding reception.
I shook Prince William's hand at the reception held for him in the White House rose garden.
clerk
Noun
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A clerk is a person who keeps an organization's records.
I called the city clerks office to see if they had a record of her birth.
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A sales clerk is the person in a shop who helps you find things you want to buy.
A convenience store clerk was arrested for selling cigarettes to children.
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A desk clerk is the person at a hotel who registers guests.
The desk clerk called a taxi for us.
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A law clerk is a person, often a junior lawyer, who is the assistant of a judge or another lawyer.
clerk
Verb
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If you clerk, you work as a clerk, especially as a law clerk.
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."