Meaning

8 senses
  1. (UK)A cash register.

    Kasse, Registrierkasse, Ladenkasse

    ка́ссаkássa, де́нежный m я́щикdénežnyj

    a strongbox for holding cash

  2. A removable box within a cash register containing the money.

    Pull all the tills and lock them in the safe.

    When you've finished serving that customer could you jump off please? We need to take the till.

  3. The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.

    My count of my till was 30 dollars short.

  4. A cash drawer in a bank, used by a teller.

  5. Glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders

    unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together

  6. (dialectal)Manure or other material used to fertilize land

  7. A vetch; a tare.

  8. (obsolete)A tray or drawer in a chest.

Examples

726 sentences
  1. Wait here till I come back.

    Дочекайся мене. — aandrusiak

    ruЖди здесь, пока я не вернусь. — soweli_Elepanto

    deWarte hier, bis ich zurückkomme. — Espi

  2. Wait here till he comes back.

    Почекай тут, поки він повернеться. — aandrusiak

    ruЖди здесь, пока он не вернётся. — marafon

    deWarte hier, bis er zurückkommt. — MUIRIEL

  3. Why don't you wait till morning?

    Чому б тобі не зачекати до ранку? — deniko

    ruПочему бы тебе не подождать до утра? — marafon

    deWarum wartest du nicht bis zum Morgen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. It's a half hour till lunch.

    До обіду пів години. — Ahha

    ruДо обеда полчаса. — odexed

  5. I can't wait till next week.

    Я не можу чекати до наступного тижня. — rmdas

    ruЯ не могу ждать до следующей недели. — marafon

    deBis nächste Woche kann ich nicht warten. — raggione

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
cash register:
box within a cash register:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
cash register:
box within a cash register:

Origin

From Middle English tylle (“till”), possibly from Middle English tillen (“to draw”) from O

From Middle English tylle (“till”), possibly from Middle English tillen (“to draw”) from Old English *tyllan (“to draw, attract”) (as in betyllan (“to lure, decoy”) and fortyllan (“to draw away”); related to *tollian > Middle English tollen). Cognate with Albanian ndjell (“to lure, attract”).

Unknown, but possibly via etymology 3 (the verb) because alluvial deposit is used as a fertilizer.

From Middle English tylle; shortened from lentile (English lentil).

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Forms

plural: tills
Singulartill
Pluraltills

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • wait till
  • let's wait till
  • wait here till
  • till tomorrow
  • stay here till
  • from morning till
  • morning till night
  • till next monday
  • stayed up till
  • to wait till
  • wait till tomorrow
  • till next

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
till — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto