thrift

thrift  (thrft)

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.

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[Middle English, prosperity, perhaps from Old Norse, from thrfask, to thrive; see thrive.]

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thrift

Noun

1. wisdom and caution with money

2. a low-growing plant of Europe, W Asia, and North America, with narrow leaves and round heads of pink or white flowers [Old Norse: success]

thriftless adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	thrift - any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers Armeria, genus Armeria - shrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials Armeria maritima, cliff rose, sea pink - tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone; occasionally grown as a ground cover subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
	2.	thrift - extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching frugality, frugalness - prudence in avoiding waste

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thrift

noun economy, prudence, frugality, saving, parsimony, carefulness, good husbandry, thriftiness << OPPOSITE extravagance

Translations

thrift [θrɪft] n → economía

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thrift [θrɪft] n → économie f

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thrift [θrɪft] n → Sparsamkeit f

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thrift [θrɪft] n → parsimonia