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Thrift is defined as careful management of money, or savings bank or credit union, or a plant which is a member of the genus Armeria, family Plumbaginaceae and order Plumbaginales.

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An example of thrift is careful budgeting.
An example of a thrift is the Rock Rose.

See thrift in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Obsolete
1. the condition of thriving; prosperity
2. physical thriving; vigorous growth
careful management of one's money or resources; economy; frugality
any of a genus (Armeria, family Plumbaginaceae) of dwarf, evergreen, perennial dicotyledonous plants (order Plumbaginales) with narrow leaves and small, white, pink, red, or purplish flowers
☆ a mutual savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union: usually used in pl.
in full thrift institution
Brit., Dialectal a means of thriving; work; labor

Origin: ME < ON < thrifast, to prosper: see thrive

See thrift in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Wise economy in the management of money and other resources; frugality.
Vigorous growth of living things, such as plants.
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.
A savings and loan association, credit union, or savings bank. Also called thrift institution.

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Origin: Middle English, prosperity

Origin: , perhaps from Old Norse

Origin: , from thrīfask, to thrive; see thrive

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