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thrift

Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɪft/

The English word “thrift” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
  2. A savings bank.
  3. Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.
  4. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity; profit.
  5. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

verb

  1. To shop or browse at a thrift shop; to buy (something) at a thrift shop.

Etymology

From Middle English thrift, thryfte, þrift, from Old Norse þrift (“thriving condition, prosperity”). Equivalent to thrive + -t.

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