thrift
thrift
nounDefinition of THRIFT
careful management of material resources <through hard work and thrift our father was able to raise the money to put all four of us through college>
Related Words conservation, saving; miserliness, niggardliness, stinginess; belt-tightening, retrenchment; discretion, forehandedness, prudence; austerity, moderation, restraint, temperance
Antonyms diseconomy, wastefulness
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