thrift

thrift

noun \ˈthrift\

Definition of THRIFT

1

: healthy and vigorous growth

2

: careful management especially of money

3

chiefly Scottish : gainful occupation

4

: any of a genus (Armeria) of low-growing perennial evergreen herbs of the plumbago family; especially : a tufted herb (A. maritima) with pink or white flower heads

5

: a savings bank or savings and loan association —called also thrift institution

Examples of THRIFT

1. Through hard work and thrift they sent all of their children to college.
2. <through hard work and thrift our father was able to raise the money to put all four of us through college>

Origin of THRIFT

Middle English, from Old Norse, prosperity, from thrīfask to thrive

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to THRIFT

Synonyms

frugality, husbandry, parsimony, penny-pinching, providence, scrimping, skimping, economy

Antonyms

diseconomy, wastefulness

Related Words

conservation, saving; miserliness, niggardliness, stinginess; belt-tightening, retrenchment; discretion, forehandedness, prudence; austerity, moderation, restraint, temperance

Near Antonyms

extravagance, improvidence, lavishness, prodigality, squandering

Other Economics Terms

actuary, compound interest, globalization, indemnity, portfolio, rentier, stagflation, usurer

Rhymes with THRIFT

drift, gift, grift, lift, rift, shift, shrift, sift, squiffed, swift