thrift

(Anglès)

Noun

1. (uncountable) The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
2. (US, countable) A savings bank.
3. (countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity; profit.
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

Verb

To shop or browse at a thrift shop; to buy (something) at a thrift shop.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/θɹɪft/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: thrift

In summary

From Middle English thrift, thryfte, þrift, from Old Norse þrift (“thriving condition, prosperity”). Equivalent to thrive + -t.

Conceptes

economia

parsimònia

Sinònims

economy

frugality

saving

frugalness

parsimony

prudence

penny-pinching

management of resources

parsimoniousness

thrift institution

providence

savings

spareness

stinginess

thriftiness

thrifty

Providence

economics

sparingness

austerity

cliff rose

becoming

carefulness

chariness

chastity

cheapness

frugal

husbandry

miserliness

obedience

retrenchment

Traduccions

Sparsamkeit

parsimonia

économie

economia

economía

risparmio

épargne

αποταμίευση

zuinigheid

οικονομία

frugalità

oszczędność

frugalidade

economia

parcimônia