till

Meanings

Noun

• A cash register.
• A removable box within a cash register containing the money.
• The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.
• A tray or drawer in a chest.
• glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders
• manure or other material used to fertilize land
• A vetch; a tare.

Verb

• To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.).
• To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.
• To cultivate soil.
• To prepare; to get.

Related

Similar words

• til , 'til , until

Origin

• From Middle English til, from Northern Old English til, from or akin to Old Norse til; both from Proto-Germanic *til, from Proto-Germanic *tilą. Not a shortening of until; rather, until comes from till with the prefix un- also found in unto. Cognate with Old Frisian til, Danish til, Swedish till, Icelandic til. Also related to Old English til, German Ziel, Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌻.
• From Middle English tylle, possibly from Middle English tillen from Old English *tyllan (as in betyllan and fortyllan; related to *tollian > Middle English tollen). Cognate with Albanian ndjell ("I lure, attract").
• Alternatively, Middle English tylle is from Anglo-Norman tylle, from Old French tille, from Old Norse þilja ("plank").
• From Middle English tilyen, from Old English tilian.
• Unknown, but possibly via etymology 3 (the verb) because alluvial deposit is used as a fertilizer.
• From Middle English tylle; shortened from lentile (English lentil).