- 1(British English) = cash register Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivecomputerized, electronic till + verbring till + nounreceipt, roll prepositionat the till, behind the till, on the till, … See full entry See related entries: In the store
- 2(British English, informal) the place where you pay for goods in a large shop/store Please pay at the till. a long queue at the till Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivecomputerized, electronic till + verbring till + nounreceipt, roll prepositionat the till, behind the till, on the till, … See full entry
- 3(especially North American English) the drawer where the money is put in a cash register Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivecomputerized, electronic till + verbring till + nounreceipt, roll prepositionat the till, behind the till, on the till, … See full entry Word Originnoun late Middle English (in the general sense ‘drawer or compartment for valuables’): of unknown origin. Wordfindershopassistant, buy, counter, display, fitting room, promotion, sale, shop, store, tillExtra examples Put the money straight into the till. The supermarket didn’t have enough people working on the tills. a sales idea that has set tills ringing all over the countryIdioms
(British English, informal) to be stealing money from the place where you work
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