Thrift

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  • noun. Wise economy in the management of money and other resources; frugality.
  • noun. Vigorous growth of living things, such as plants.
  • noun. Any of several densely tufted plants of the genus Armeria, especially A. maritima, having white to pink flower heads with a funnel-shaped scarious calyx.
  • noun. A savings and loan association, credit union, or savings bank.
  • intransitive verb. To shop in thrift stores, especially for clothing.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The condition of one who thrives; luck; fortune; success; prosperity.
  • noun. Frugality; economical management; economy; good husbandry.
  • noun. A plant of the genus Armeria, of the order Plumbagineæ, a genus much resembling Statice, the marsh-rosemary, except that the flowers are gathered into globular heads.
  • noun. Same as thrift-box.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.
  • noun. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
  • noun. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
  • noun. One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria.
  • noun. Armeria vulgaris; -- also called sea pink.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
  • noun. A savings bank.
  • noun. Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.
  • noun. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
  • noun. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
  • noun. any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
    • Word Usage
    ""It's the art of using what we've got," said Levesque, who also operates what he describes as a "thrift store for house parts" in San Francisco."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    spendthrift  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    frugality  frugalness  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Clift  Shift  Swift  adrift  clift  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    benevolence  diligence  faithfulness  foresight  forethought  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    austerity  austerity program  canniness  care  carefulness  
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