Thrift
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈθɹɪft/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thrift is a noun meaning (uncountable) The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
Meaning
(uncountable) The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
More Meanings
- (countable, US) A savings bank.
- (countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.
- (ambitransitive) To shop or browse at a thrift shop; to buy (something) at a thrift shop.
- (obsolete) Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity; profit.
- (obsolete) Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
Example Sentences
They like to go thrifting on weekends.
Usually, home mortgages are obtained from thrifts.
His thrift can be seen in how little the trashman takes from his house.
The rest, […] willing to fall to thrift , as I have seene many souldiers after the service to prove very good husbands
Word Forms
- thrifts
- thrifting
- thrifted
Synonyms for thrift
Depending on context, synonyms include frugality, parsimony, parsimoniousness, penny-pinching.
Antonyms for thrift
Common opposites include spendthrift.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include parsimony, parsimoniousness, penny-pinching, frugality, austerity, rigour.
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