thrift

Plural: thrifts

Noun

• Careful management of money and resources.
• any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
• extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
• The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
• A savings bank.
• Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.
• Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity; profit.
• Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

Verb

• To shop or browse at a thrift shop; to buy (something) at a thrift shop.

Examples

• His thrift can be seen in how little the trashman takes from his house.
• I thrifted these vintage coffee mugs.
• They like to go thrifting on weekends.
• Usually, home mortgages are obtained from thrifts.
• With careful THRIFT, he saved his high-value tiles for maximum impact in Scrabble.

Synonyms

parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching, frugality

Antonyms

spendthrift