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Meanings of till in English

Portuguese
erário
Catalan
hisenda
Spanish
hacienda

A treasury for government funds.

        erário
        Portuguese
        cofre
        Spanish
        caja registradora

        A strongbox for holding cash.

              cofre
              Synonyms
              Examples for "cashbox"
              Examples for "cashbox"
              1
              He carried both the books over to the man with the cashbox.
              American Gods
              2
              It didn't pay to try to swipe coins from the cashbox in here.
              Mister Slaughter
              3
              How could I account for the money-straightfrom the Major's cashbox?
              Poison Island
              4
              Excuse me, Harry-butin such moments!-Andthey have found the cashbox.
              Poison Island
              5
              The man told the security worker to drop the cashbox.
              The Irish Times
              1
              At home, Huw rook some money out of the money box.
              Two lives
              2
              She opened her money box and walked down to the supermarket.
              Coraline
              3
              Your money box must be bursting, for you've been hoarding up for ages.
              The Youngest Girl in the Fifth: A School Story
              4
              The brand is the key to the money box.
              The reach of a chef: beyond the kitchen
              5
              On the desk there was an ashtray crammed with cigar butts, and a minstrel money box.
              Death Trance
              Spanish
              till

              Unstratified soil deposited by a glacier; consists of sand and clay and gravel and boulders mixed together.

                    till
                    Usage of till in English
                    1
                    NB: There's still a long way till that, but let's hope so.
                    The Guardian
                    2
                    My spirit, at least-mybody could wait till supper to come home.
                    Shadowed summer
                    3
                    I stayed in the house with the whitefolks till I was 19.
                    Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
                    4
                    The new tally includes 53 fatalities over the past week till Thursday.
                    Reuters
                    5
                    Here we remained from early in the morning till in the evening.
                    Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure
                    6
                    The obvious course, then, was to wait till Jimmy Moore had gone.
                    Just William’s Luck
                    7
                    And he yelled after me: 'Don't come back till you go.' .
                    The best early stories of f. scott fitzgerald
                    8
                    The appointment was promised in May; it was not made till October.
                    Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1
                    9
                    It never hesitated, not once; never hurried; never slowed till it stopped.
                    Romance
                    10
                    In the end EU leaders agreed a six-month delay till Oct. 31.
                    Reuters
                    11
                    I didn't know I was coming here till a few minutes ago.
                    Something from the nightside
                    12
                    We stayed at the mouth of the river till in the evening.
                    A Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador
                    13
                    I'm going to give my best and fight till the last point.
                    Reuters
                    14
                    He said he wouldn't believe it till we searched the whole house.
                    In Cold Blood
                    15
                    Its renewed bid will continue till Feb. 13, according to the filing.
                    Reuters
                    16
                    After that, his dance card is free till well into next year.
                    Radio NZ
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                    Translations for till
                    Till through the time
                    Till across language varieties
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                    Common
                    United States of America
                    Less common
                    Australia
                    Rare
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