parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching
(noun) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
thrift
(noun) any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
thrift (countable and uncountable, plural thrifts)
(uncountable) The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
(countable, US) A savings bank.
(countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.
(obsolete) Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity; profit.
(obsolete) Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
• (characteristic of using a minimum of something): frugality
• spendthrift
thrift (third-person singular simple present thrifts, present participle thrifting, simple past and past participle thrifted)
(transitive) To obtain from a thrift shop.
Thrift (plural Thrifts)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Thrift is the 9780th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3313 individuals. Thrift is most common among White (91.76%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Thrift, n. Etym: [Icel. . See Thrive.]
1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality. The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands. Spenser.
2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity. "Your thrift is gone full clean." Chaucer. I have a mind presages me such thrift. Shak.
3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
4. (Bot.)
Definition: One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria. Common thrift (Bot.), Armeria vulgaris; -- also called sea pink.
Syn.
– Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 November 2024
(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; “the area is well populated”; “forests populated with all kinds of wild life”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
