TA

Thanks.

“Ta for the cup of tea.”

(baby talk) give (imperative)

“Mommy needs the bottle back. Ta!”

Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.

“We are walking to the shop.”

Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.

“He devoted himself to education.”

Used to indicate result of action.

“His face was beaten to a pulp.”

Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.

“To everyone's great relief, the tuneless carol singers finally ceased their warbling.”

Used after an adjective to indicate its application.

“similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.”

Denotes the end of a range.

“It takes 2 to 4 weeks to process typical applications.”

As a.

“With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   took her to wife (took her as a wife);   was sold to slave (was sold as a slave).”

Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.

“I have ten dollars to your four.”

Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.

“Three squared or three to the second power is nine.”

(time) Preceding.

“ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).”

Used to describe what something consists of or contains.

“Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.”

At.

“Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.”

In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): te.