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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 ¹

conj, prep

same as until [Old English til]

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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till ²

Verb

to cultivate (land) for the raising of crops: a constant round of sowing, tilling and harvesting [Old English tilian to try, obtain]

tillable adj
tiller n

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till ³

Noun

a box or drawer into which money taken from customers is put, now usually part of a cash register [origin unknown]

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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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till ¹

verb cultivate, dig, plough, work, turn over

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till ²

noun cash register, cash box, cash drawer

Translations

till [tɪl] n → caja (registradora)

vt [+ land] → cultivar

prep, conj = until

till [tɪl] n → caisse (enregistreuse)

vt (land) → cultiver

prep, conj = until

till [tɪl] n (in shop etc) → Kasse f

vt [+ land] → bestellen

prep, conj = until

till [tɪl] n → registratore m di cassa

vt [+ land] → coltivare

prep, conj = until

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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, kunnes jusqu'à (ce que) עַד जब, जब तक do, dok -ig (időben); (a)míg sampai til, þar/þangað til fino, finché ～まで (...할 때)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