till

till ¹  (tl)

tr.v. tilled, till·ing, tills

To prepare (land) for the raising of crops, as by plowing and harrowing; cultivate.

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[Middle English tilen, from Old English tilian.]

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tilla·ble adj.

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till ²  (tl)

prep.

Until.

conj.

Until.

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[Middle English, from Old English til, from Old Norse.]

Usage Note: Till and until are generally interchangeable in both writing and speech, though as the first word in a sentence until is usually preferred: Until you get that paper written, don't even think about going to the movies. · Till is actually the older word, with until having been formed by the addition to it of the prefix un-, meaning "up to." In the 18th century the spelling 'till became fashionable, as if till were a shortened form of until. Although 'till is now nonstandard, 'til is sometimes used in this way and is considered acceptable, though it is etymologically incorrect.

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till ³  (tl)

n.

1. A drawer, small chest, or compartment for money, as in a store.

2. A supply of money; a purse.

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[Middle English tille.]

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till ⁴  (tl)

n.

Glacial drift composed of an unconsolidated, heterogeneous mixture of clay, sand, pebbles, cobbles, and boulders.

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[Origin unknown.]

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till¹

conj & prep

1. short for until Also (not standard) 'til

2. Scot to; towards

3. Dialect in order that come here till I tell you

[Old English til; related to Old Norse til to, Old High German zil goal, aim]

Usage: Till is a variant of until that is acceptable at all levels of language. Until is, however, often preferred at the beginning of a sentence in formal writing: until his behaviour improves, he cannot become a member

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till²

vb (tr)

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) to cultivate and work (land) for the raising of crops

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) another word for plough

[Old English tilian to try, obtain; related to Old Frisian tilia to obtain, Old Saxon tilōn to obtain, Old High German zilōn to hasten towards]

tillable  adj

tiller  n

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till³

n

(Business / Commerce) a box, case, or drawer into which the money taken from customers is put, now usually part of a cash register

[C15 tylle, of obscure origin]

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till⁴

n

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) an unstratified glacial deposit consisting of rock fragments of various sizes. The most common is boulder clay

[of unknown origin]

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till  (tl)

An unstratified, unconsolidated mass of boulders, pebbles, sand, and mud deposited by the movement or melting of a glacier. The size and shape of the sediments that constitute till vary widely.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	till - unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together boulder clay dirt, soil - the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock
	2.	till - a treasury for government funds       public treasury, trough exchequer, treasury - the funds of a government or institution or individual
	3.	till - a strongbox for holding cash         cashbox, money box cash register, register - a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill deedbox, strongbox - a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked
Verb	1.	till - work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation; "till the soil" farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock work on, work, process - shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal" plow, plough, turn - to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" hoe - dig with a hoe; "He is hoeing the flower beds"

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till¹

verb cultivate, dig, plough, work, turn over freshly tilled fields

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till²

noun cash register, cash box, cash drawer He checked the register. There was money in the till.

Translations

till¹ [tɪl] VT (Agr) [+ land, soil] → cultivar, labrar

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till³ [tɪl] N (for money) (= drawer) → cajón m; (= machine) → caja f, caja f registradora
they caught him with his hand or fingers in the till → lo cogieron robando(dentro de la empresa )

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till [ˈtɪl]

n → caisse f, caisse f enregistreuse
long queues at the tills → de longues queues aux caisses

vt [+ land] → labourer
freshly tilled fields → des champs fraîchement labourés

prep → jusqu'à
I waited till ten o'clock → J'ai attendu jusqu'à dix heures.
not ... till → pas ... avant
It won't be ready till next week → Ça ne sera pas prêt avant la semaine prochaine.
Till last year I'd never been to France → Avant l'année dernière, je n'étais jamais allé en France.
till now → jusqu'à présent
till then → jusque-là

conj = until

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till²

n (Brit: = cash register) → Kasse f; (= drawer, in bank) → Geldkasse f, → Geldkasten m; (in shop) → Ladenkasse f; pay at the till → an der Kasse bezahlen; to be caught with one’s hand in the till (fig) → beim Griff in die Kasse ertappt werden

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till³

vt (Agr) → bestellen

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till² [tɪl] n (for money) → cassa, registratore m di cassa

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till² [tɪl] n (for money) → cassa, registratore m di cassa

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till³ [tɪl] vt (land) → coltivare

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till³ [tɪl] vt (land) → coltivare

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till¹

prep / conj till [til]

to the time of or when I'll wait till six o'clock; Go on till you reach the station. totdat حَتّى до(като) až (do) til; indtil bis ωσότου, ώσπου να hasta (que) kuni, seni kui تا؛ تا اینکه saakka jusqu'à (ce que) עַד जब, जब तक do, dok -ig (időben); (a)míg sampai til, þar/þangað til fino, finché ～まで (~)까지 iki, kol līdz; kamēr sampai; sehingga tot til (aż) do até până (ce) до; (до тех пор) пока (не) až (do) do; dokler ne do till, tills จนกระทั่ง ...-e kadar 直到...為止 до; доти, поки تک، جب تک cho tới khi 直到...为止

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till²

n till [til]

(in a shop etc) a container or drawer in which money is put and registered. kassier دُرْج النُّقود، حاوِيَة حِفْظ النُّقود каса pokladna kasseapparat die Ladenkasse συρτάρι ταμείου, ταμειακή μηχανή caja seif, kassa دخل kassalipas (tiroir-)caisse מְגֵירַת כֶּסֶף ड्राइवर, जब ladica za novac, ladica blagajne kassza laci uang peningakassi cassa 現金入れ 현금 서랍 kasa kases aparāts laci duit geldlade kasse, pengeskuff kasa caixa (sertar de la) casă денежный ящик, касса pokladňa ročna blagajna kasa kassalåda, -apparat กล่องหรือลิ้นชักเก็บเงินหรือของมีค่า kasa, para çekmecesi 放錢的櫃子或抽屜 шухляда для грошей, каса پيسہ رکنے کي صندوق ngăn kéo để tiền 放钱的柜子或抽屉

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till → إلى أن, دُرج النقود až, do, pokladna indtil, kasseapparat bis, Kasse έως ότου, μέχρι, συρτάρι εισπράξεων caja registradora, hasta, hasta que asti, kassa, kunnes caisse, jusqu’à do, dok, kasa cassa, finché, fino a ･･･する時まで, ･･･まで, レジ …까지, 현금 서랍 kassa, tot inntil, pengeskrin, (helt) til aż, aż do, kasa sklepowa até, até que, caixa registadora, caixa registradora до, касса, пока kassa, tills กล่องหรือลิ้นชักเก็บเงิน, จนกระทั่ง, จนกว่า จนกระทั่ง kadar, yazar kasa cho đến, cho tới khi, ngăn kéo để tiền 直到, 钱柜