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till ~ till ~ till ~ until

[‘till’, ‘till’ and ‘till’ have the same pronunciation, as in “bill”, and ‘until’ has an additional ‘un’ sound to it]

“Till” (noun) is ‘a machine with a large calculator used in shops, supermarkets, restaurants, etc. for calculating the money a customer has to pay, and also for keeping money {in American English the name used is ‘cash register’ which is also becoming common in British English}’,

e.g.

There is always a long queue at this supermarket till.

The thieves got away with the money from two tills.

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“Till” (verb) is ‘to prepare the fields/land for growing crops, by turning the soil upside down (ploughing), removing useless plants or grasses (weeds), etc.’,

e.g.

In places where there is no irrigation system, farmers till their fields just before the rains.

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“Till” (preposition & conjunction) is similar in meaning (synonymous) with “until” and is used more commonly than ‘until’ in speech, and less commonly in writing.  {please, go to “until”}:

e.g.

Mother said to me, “Don’t go out till you finish your lessons.”

The office is open till 5:00 in the afternoon.

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“Until” (preposition & conjunction) (also ‘till’, ‘til’ & ’til, and these small words are not generally used in the beginning of a sentence) is ‘(of some action or even) up to the point of time or another event’,

e.g.

During examinations, students work until late at night.

Stay here until I come back for you.

Until recently, I worked as a teacher at a small school.

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