Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Wise economy in the management of money and other resources; frugality.
- noun Vigorous growth of living things, such as plants.
- noun 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.
- noun A savings and loan association, credit union, or savings bank.
- intransitive verb To shop in thrift stores, especially for clothing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition of one who thrives; luck; fortune; success; prosperity.
- noun Frugality; economical management; economy; good husbandry.
- noun 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.
- noun Same as
thrift-box .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.
- noun Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
- noun Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
- noun (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria.
- noun (Bot.)
Armeria vulgaris ; -- also calledsea pink .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The
characteristic of using aminimum of something (especiallymoney ). - noun countable, US A savings
bank . - noun countable Any of various plants of the
genus Armeria , particularly Armeria maritima. - noun obsolete Success and advance in the
acquisition ofproperty ; increase of worldly goods;gain ;prosperity . - noun obsolete Vigorous
growth , as of aplant .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
- noun any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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"It's the art of using what we've got," said Levesque, who also operates what he describes as a "thrift store for house parts" in San Francisco.
The Seattle Times 2011
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I would argue that, unless you're stuffing your dollars in a mattress, "thrift" is itself just another form of consumption.
In Praise of Temperance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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And given Cameron's current obsession with the word 'thrift', is the forthcoming Conservative government any more likely to see it become one?
Barnett billions 2009
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And given Cameron's current obsession with the word 'thrift', is the forthcoming Conservative government any more likely to see it become one?
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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I buy my clothing in thrift stores and my dress cost $3.
The Colorful Garments Painted by Eugene de Blaas (1815-1894) 2009
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But it would also feel like lying to me if I said that my family enjoys shopping in thrift stores, since no one but me particularly enjoys either shopping or thrift stores.
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Non-profit groups across the country say they are hurting from a recession-fueled decline in thrift store donations, and the pain is being ...
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Non-profit groups across the country say they are hurting from a recession-fueled decline in thrift store donations, and the pain is being ...
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Goodwill Industries reports more than $2 billion a year in thrift-store sales at more than 2,300 locations.
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Non-profit groups across the country say they are hurting from a recession-fueled decline in thrift store donations, and the pain is being passed down to thrifty shoppers, who increasingly rely on second-hand stores to stretch in hard times.
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April 30, 2007