till

From Wiktionary
till is on the Basic English 850 List.
tight - till - time

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Preposition
till

  1. In a period of time ending at a time someone says.
    We will tell stories till it is time to sleep.

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Plain form
till

Third-person singular
tills

Past tense
tilled

Past participle
tilled

Present participle
tilling

  1. To make the earth ready for seeds.

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Singular
till

Plural
tills

A till
  1. (mostly UK) A till is cash register; a machine which counts sales in shops and stores the money.
    The till contained one hundred dollars at the end of the day

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