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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Thrift \Thrift\ (thr[i^]ft), n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See
Thrive.]
1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in
regard to property; frugality.
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The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove
very good husbands. --Spenser.
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2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property;
increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity. "Your thrift
is gone full clean." --Chaucer.
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I have a mind presages me such thrift. --Shak.
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3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
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4. (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants of the
genera Statice and Armeria.
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Common thrift (Bot.), Armeria vulgaris; -- also called
sea pink.
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Syn: Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit.
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WordNet Thrift
n 1: any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the
genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white
flowers
2: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money
unnecessarily [syn: parsimony, parsimoniousness, penny-pinching]

Moby Dictionary
austerity , austerity program , canniness , care , carefulness ,
chariness , economic planning , economicalness , economizing , economy ,
economy of means , false economy , forehandedness , frugality ,
frugalness , good management , husbandry , management , miserliness ,
niggardliness , parsimoniousness , parsimony , penuriousness ,
providence , prudence , prudential administration , saving , scrimping ,
skimping , sparingness , stinginess , thriftiness ,
tight purse strings , unwastefulness