Till (furniture)
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A Till is a small compartment or shelf inside a larger blanket or other form of chest, used to segregate small items.

Use of tills to hold cash, within chests used for the storage of retail goods, may have been part of the word's evolution to the common UK term "till" for a cash register
Cash register
A cash register or till is a mechanical or electronic device for calculating and recording sales transactions, and an attached cash drawer for storing cash...

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