THRIFTS

Noun

thrifts

plural of thrift

Proper noun

Thrifts

plural of Thrift

Source: Wiktionary


THRIFT

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



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