till
till [till tills tilled tilling] conjunction, preposition, noun, verb BrE [tɪl] NAmE [tɪl]
conjunction, preposition = ↑until
• We're open till 6 o'clock.
• Can't you wait till we get home?
•Just wait till you see it. It's great. Till is generally felt to be more informal than until and is used much less often in writing. At the beginning of a sentence, until is usually used.
Word Origin:
conj. and prep. Old English til Germanic Old Norse til ‘to’ ↑tilln. late Middle English ‘drawer or compartment for valuables’ v. Old English tilian ‘strive for, obtain by effort’ Germanic Dutch telen ‘produce, cultivate’ German zielen ‘aim, strive’ ↑till ‘until’ Middle English
noun
1. (BrE) = ↑cash register
2. (BrE, informal)the place where you pay for goods in a large shop/store
•Please pay at the till.
•a long queue at the till
3. (especially NAmE)the drawer where the money is put in a ↑cash register
see have your fingers in the till at ↑finger n.
Word Origin:
conj. and prep. Old English til Germanic Old Norse til ‘to’ ↑tilln. late Middle English ‘drawer or compartment for valuables’ v. Old English tilian ‘strive for, obtain by effort’ Germanic Dutch telen ‘produce, cultivate’ German zielen ‘aim, strive’ ↑till ‘until’ Middle English
Example Bank:
•Put the money straight into the till.
•The supermarket didn't have enough people working on the tills.
•a sales idea that has set tills ringing all over the country
verb ~ sth (old use)
to prepare and use land for growing crops
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
conj. and prep. Old English til Germanic Old Norse til ‘to’ ↑tilln. late Middle English ‘drawer or compartment for valuables’ v. Old English tilian ‘strive for, obtain by effort’ Germanic Dutch telen ‘produce, cultivate’ German zielen ‘aim, strive’ ↑till ‘until’ Middle English
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