thrift institution

Variant of thrift

thrift definition

thrift (t̸hrift)

noun

  1. Obsolete
    1. the condition of thriving; prosperity
    2. physical thriving; vigorous growth
  2. careful management of one's money or resources; economy; frugality
  3. 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
  4. ☆ a mutual savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union: usually used in pl.
    in full thrift institution
  5. Brit., Dialectal a means of thriving; work; labor

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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