thrift

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/θɹɪft/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: thrift

In summary

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

Synonyms

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