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Webster 1913 Edition
Thrift
1.
A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.
The rest, . . . willing to fall to
thrift
, prove very good husbands. Spenser.
2.
Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
“Your thrift is gone full clean.” Chaucer.
I have a mind presages me such
thrift
. Shakespeare
3.
Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
4.
(Bot.)
One of several species of flowering plants of the genera
Statice
and Armeria
. Common thrift
(Bot.)
, Armeria vulgaris
; – also called sea pink
.
Syn. – Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit.
Webster 1828 Edition
Thrift
THRIFT
,Noun.
The rest--willing to fall to thrift; prove very good husbands.
1.
Prosperity; success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain. I have a mind presages me such thrift.
2.
Vigorous growth, as of a plant.3.
In botany, a plant of the genus Statice.Definition 2024
thrift
thrift
English
Noun
thrift (countable and uncountable, plural thrifts)
- (uncountable) The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
- His thrift can be seen in how little the trashman takes from his house.
- (Can we date this quote?) Spenser
- The rest, […] willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands.
- Ambrose Bierce
- […] it would appear that before taking this precaution Mr. Bree must have had the thrift to remove a modest competency of the gold […]
- (countable, US) A savings bank.
- Usually home mortgages are obtained from thrifts.
- (countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.
- (obsolete) Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
- 1380+, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
- Medleth na-more with that art, I mene, / For, if ye doon, your thrift is goon ful clene.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice: Act I, Scene I:
- I have a mind presages me such thrift.
- 1380+, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
- (obsolete) Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
Synonyms
- (characteristic of using a minimum of something): frugality
Antonyms
Derived terms
- thrifty
- thrift shop
- thrift store
Translations
characteristic of using a minimum of something
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savings bank
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various plants of the genus Armeria
Verb
thrift (third-person singular simple present thrifts, present participle thrifting, simple past and past participle thrifted)
- (transitive) To obtain from a thrift shop.
- 2007, James Bernard Frost, World Leader Pretend (page 152)
- She probably thrifted the T-shirt and shorts. Bought the hiking boots yesterday at Copeland's. She's not much of a hiker, Xerxes thinks.
- 2007, James Bernard Frost, World Leader Pretend (page 152)