thrift

Meaning

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.

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

Translations

Sparsamkeit

parsimonia

économie

economia

épargne

economía

αποταμίευση

risparmio

zuinigheid

οικονομία

frugalità

frugalidade

economia

parcimônia

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.