Tally clerk refers to the staff who indirectly or directly contact with customers through tally activities, relying on activities such as commodity display, pricing, noodle arrangement, commodity supplement and adjustment, environmental sanitation, and preparation of shopping tools.

In retail stores, tallyman refers to a salesperson who does not conduct face-to-face commodity trading activities with customers. In retail stores, cashiers and tallymen are the most basic employees. In a certain sense, they represent the image of retail stores and are an important factor affecting the sales of retail stores.