(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
In spoken English and informal written English, ~ is often used instead of until .
They had to wait ~ Monday to ring the bank manager...
I’ve survived ~ now, and will go on doing so without help from you.
PREP
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Till is also a conjunction.
They slept ~ the alarm bleeper woke them at four.
CONJ
2.
In a shop or other place of business, a ~ 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 ~s that make customers angry.
N-COUNT
3.
A ~ is the drawer of a cash register, in which the money is kept. (AM)
He checked the register. There was money in the ~.
N-COUNT: usu the N