TILL


Meaning of TILL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ tɪl ]

( tills)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

1.

In spoken English and informal written English, till is often used instead of until .

They had to wait till Monday to ring the bank manager...

I’ve survived till now, and will go on doing so without help from you.

PREP

Till is also a conjunction.

They slept till the alarm bleeper woke them at four.

CONJ

2.

In a shop or other place of business, a till is a counter or cash register where money is kept, and where customers pay for what they have bought. ( BRIT; in AM, use cash register )

...long queues at tills that make customers angry.

N-COUNT

3.

A till is the drawer of a cash register, in which the money is kept. ( AM )

He checked the register. There was money in the till.

N-COUNT : usu the N

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