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Thrift

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Noun

1. thrift

any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers

2. parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching, thrift

extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Thrift

see synonyms of thrift
noun
1. 
wisdom and caution in the management of money
2. Also called: sea pink
any of numerous perennial plumbaginaceous low-growing plants of the genus Armeria, esp A. maritima, of Europe, W Asia, and North America, having narrow leaves and round heads of pink or white flowers
3. rare
vigorous thriving or growth, as of a plant
4. US
a building society, savings bank, or credit union
5.  an obsolete word for prosperity

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Thrift

see synonyms of thrift
noun
1.  Obsolete
a. 
the condition of thriving; prosperity
b. 
physical thriving; vigorous growth
2. 
careful management of one's money or resources; economy; frugality
3. 
any of a genus (Armeria, family Plumbaginaceae) of dwarf, evergreen, perennial dicotyledonous plants (order Plumbaginales) with narrow leaves and small, white, pink, red, or purplish flowers
4.  US
a mutual savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union
usually used in pl.: in full thrift institution
5.  British, Dialectal
a means of thriving; work; labor

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Thrift

see synonyms of thrift
n.
1. Wise economy in the management of money and other resources; frugality.
2. Vigorous growth of living things, such as plants.
3. 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.
4. A savings and loan association, credit union, or savings bank. Also called thrift institution.
intr.v. thrift·ed, thrift·ing, thrifts
To shop in thrift stores, especially for clothing: "I'd hoped the zine would connect all sort of people[who] understood how much cooler it was to thrift than to buy new junk" (Al Hoff).

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