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/tɪl/
prepositionconjunctionnounverb

Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).

NWL Collins ENABLE

Preposition 2 meanings

  1. Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).

    “She stayed till the very end.”

  2. Before (a certain time or event).

    “It's twenty till two. (1:40)”

Conjunction 1 meaning

  1. Until, until the time that.

    “Maybe you can, maybe you can't: you won't know till you try.”

Noun 4 meanings

  1. A cash register.

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

    “Pull all the tills and lock them in the safe.”

  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.

Verb 3 meanings

  1. To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.).

  2. To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.

  3. To cultivate soil.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English til, from Northern Old English til, from or akin to Old Norse til (“to, till”); both from Proto-Germanic *til (“to, toward”), from Proto-Germanic *tilą (“planned point in time”).

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TILL at a glance

TILL has 4 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (T 1 + I 1 + L 1 + L 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,660 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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