you never know what you've got till it's gone
People tend to take things for granted while they are available.
till
/tɪl/
noun 8prep 5verb 4name 4conj 1
Collocations
6(noun.)
ADJ
computerized, electronic
TILL + VERB
ring
The new smartphone launch had customers queuing at shops and set the tills ringing.
TILL + NOUN
receipt, roll
PREP
at/behind/on the ~
The cashier was standing behind the till when the customer approached with their groceries.
in/into a/the ~
The cashier counted the coins in the till at the end of her shift.
from/out of a/the ~
She took out fifty dollars from the till to pay the delivery driver.
Definitions
prep
1
Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).
She stayed till the very end.
I have to work till eight o'clock tonight.
2
Before (a certain time or event).
It's twenty till two. (1:40)
Is that the town-clock striking? / I think that it is to-night / My fever will reach its crisis, / There are long hours yet till light.
3
To, up to (physically).
They led him till his tent
She, poor bird, as all forlorn / Lean'd her breast up-till a thorn / And there sung the dolefull'st ditty, / To to hear it was great pity.
4
To, toward (in attitude).
"Here's at you old hoss!" hiccupped I, with a friendly pitch in the way of a nod at Rice. "Go it, young grampus, that's me! Here's till ye, my infant progidy!" replied he, as he clinked his glass against mine.
And then she changed her voice and would be as saft as honey: 'My puir wee Ailie, was I thrawn till ye? Never mind, my bonnie. You and me are a' that's left, and we maunna be ill to ither.'
5
So that (something may happen).
1953?, Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot VLADIMIR: Together again at last! We'll have to celebrate this. But how? (He reflects.) Get up till I embrace you.
conj
1
Until, until the time that.
Maybe you can, maybe you can't: you won't know till you try.
I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes, and by the hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue, till she please.
noun
1
A cash register.
I got most of the money to pay for all this by stealing. It was very wrong. Today I'm so finickity that I fired one of my staff for nicking twenty-pence worth of curtain hangers from Barkers because he couldn't be bothered to wait at the till queue.
2
A removable box within a cash register containing the money.
Pull all the tills and lock them in the safe.
When you've finished serving that customer could you jump off please? We need to take the till.
3
The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.
My count of my till was 30 dollars short.
4
A cash drawer in a bank, used by a teller.
5
A tray or drawer in a chest.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
till death do us part
Until death separates us; a common phrase stated between the bride and the groom at a Christian wedding, indicating a commitment to their union.
ne'er cast a clout till May be out
Do not change from winter clothes to summer clothes until June, as there is often a sudden cold snap in May.
Leave not off a Clout, / Till May be out.
cast not a clout till May be out
Alternative form of ne'er cast a clout till May be out.
have one's hand in the till
To embezzle, to steal from one's place of business.
Francis Urquhart: You've been a bit of a bad lad, haven't you, Roger? Roger O'Neill: What? FU: You've had your hand in the till. RO: Francis, you're joking! FU: Your expenses are p
Example Bank
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She stayed till the very end.
Wiktionary02
I have to work till eight o'clock tonight.
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Similar sentiments will recur to everyone familiar with his writings all through them till the very end.
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Maybe you can, maybe you can't: you won't know till you try.
Wiktionary05
I charge you, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, by the Roes, and by the hindes of the field, that ye stirre not vp, nor awake my loue, till she please.
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She twirled round and round, / Till she sunk underground, […]
WiktionaryUsage Notes
i Register
In some senses, till is marked as obsolete, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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