till - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

The noun till means the same as "cash register." When you work at the store long enough, they'll let you operate the till.

When you pay taxes to your town, they go into the local till, or government fund, for community improvements. Till is also used as a verb, meaning to work the land, to get it ready for planting and harvesting. Don't confuse till with until, which when shortened to til sounds exactly the same. Until and til tell how long something will last.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: till

1	v n	work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together
2	n	a strongbox for holding cash

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: till

1

v work land as by ploughing, harrowing, and manuring, in order to make it ready for cultivation

“till the soil”

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; plough, plow, turn
to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; hoe
dig with a hoe; ridge
plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip; disk, harrow
draw a harrow over (land)

Type of:: process, work, work on
shape, form, or improve a material

n unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together

Synonyms:: boulder clay

Type of:: dirt, soil
the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock

2

n a strongbox for holding cash

Synonyms:: cashbox, money box

Types:: cash register, register
a cashbox with an adding machine to register transactions; used in shops to add up the bill

Type of:: deedbox, strongbox
a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be locked

n a treasury for government funds

Synonyms:: public treasury, trough

Type of:: exchequer, treasury
the funds of a government or institution or individual