Cashier. An officer of a bank or other moneyed institution, having charge of its funds.  The
mechanism of a bank is under the control of the cashier, who is accountable to the board of
directors, by whom he is appointed and to whom he gives bond.  The name cashier also is
commonly applied to the person who receives and pays out money for a corporation or firm. Such
a person in a bank is called a teller.