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TIL/tɪl/

A till is the shop cash register: drawer, screen, and card reader (UK; US cash register). You queue at the till, or use the self-service tills, with cash in the till. It is not the preposition till meaning until (wait till Friday). Countable as a machine.

Meaning

The cash drawer and screen in a shop where you pay (UK; US cash register).

Examples

• “The queue at the till stretched back to the freezer aisle.”
• “Self-service tills were down, so everyone queued at one staffed till.”
• “She works on the till on Saturdays in the corner shop.”

Good to know

a till (UK) = a cash register. US: a cash register. Contrast: till / until (time). queue at the till.

Near in meaning

cash register

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