Thrift /(thrĭft)/
Thrift
n.
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A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.
The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands.
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Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
I have a mind presages me such thrift.
- Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
- One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria. (Bot.)
Phrases & Compounds
- Common thrift
- Armeria vulgaris; -- also called sea pink.