ticker

A teacher now is a typist, a printer, a laboratory assistant, a designer of work sheets and booklets, a form-filler, a ticker of boxes and a sender of returns to faculty heads, to head teachers, to education authorities and to the Ministers […]

The ticker was showing an increased rate of flow.

I checked the prices on the ticker one last time before placing the trade.

My ticker gave out and I had to go to the hospital for surgery.