Definition of "till" in English

preposition

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

   • She stayed till the very end.
   • I have to work till eight o'clock tonight.

2. Before (a certain time or event).

   • It's twenty till two. (1:40)

3. (obsolete or dialectal) To, up to (physically).

   • They led him till his tent

4. (obsolete or dialectal) To, toward (in attitude).

5. (dialectal) So that (something may happen).

   • 1953?, Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot VLADIMIR: Together again at last! We'll have to celebrate this. But how? (He reflects.) Get up till I embrace you.

conjunction

1. Until, until the time that.

   • Maybe you can, maybe you can't: you won't know till you try.
   • And the Mouse sat and laughed till he cried.

noun

1. (chiefly British) A cash register.

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

verb

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

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

3. (intransitive) To cultivate soil.

4. (obsolete) To prepare; to get.

noun

1. glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders

2. (dialect) manure or other material used to fertilize land

noun

1. A vetch; a tare.