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Thrift
//θɹɪft// name, noun, verb
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Noun
- 1 The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money). uncountable
"His thrift can be seen in how little the trashman takes from his house."
- 2 extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily wordnet
- 3 A savings bank. US, countable
"Usually, home mortgages are obtained from thrifts."
- 4 any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers wordnet
- 5 Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima. countable
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- 6 Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity; profit. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Bassanio: […]And many Jasons come in quest of her. O my Antonio, had I but the means To hold a rival place with one of them, I have a mind presages me such thrift, That I should questionless be fortunate!"
- 7 Vigorous growth, as of a plant. countable, obsolete, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To shop or browse at a thrift shop; to buy (something) at a thrift shop. ambitransitive
"They like to go thrifting on weekends."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English thrift, thryfte, þrift, from Old Norse þrift (“thriving condition, prosperity”). Equivalent to thrive + -t.
Etymology 2
From Middle English thrift, thryfte, þrift, from Old Norse þrift (“thriving condition, prosperity”). Equivalent to thrive + -t.
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