Thrift

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Wise economy in the management of money and other resources; frugality.
  • n. Vigorous growth of living things, such as plants.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A savings and loan association, credit union, or savings bank. Also called thrift institution.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
  • n. A savings bank.
  • n. Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.
  • n. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
  • n. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.
  • n. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
  • n. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
  • n. One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The condition of one who thrives; luck; fortune; success; prosperity.
  • n. Frugality; economical management; economy; good husbandry.
  • n. A plant of the genus Armeria, of the order Plumbagineæ, a genus much resembling Statice, the marsh-rosemary, except that the flowers are gathered into globular heads.
  • n. Same as thrift-box.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
  • n. any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
  • Antonym
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    frugality    frugalness   
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    Form
    Synonym
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    profit    economy    prosperity    gain    frugality   
    Rhyme
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    Clift    Shift    Swift    adrift    clift    drift    gift    lift    miffed    riffed   
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