thrift : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: thrift	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for thrift
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
thrift n 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 Synonym(s): parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Thrift \Thrift\, n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See {Thrive}.] 1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality. The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands. --Spenser. 2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity. [bd]Your thrift is gone full clean.[b8] --Chaucer. I have a mind presages me such thrift. --Shak. 3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant. 4. (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants of the genera {Statice} and {Armeria}. {Common thrift} (Bot.), {Armeria vulgaris}; -- also called {sea pink}. Syn: Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit.