thrift Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
noun extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
parsimony; parsimoniousness; penny-pinching.

Icel. rift. See Thrive.

A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.
The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands. Spenser.
Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity. "Your thrift is gone full clean." Chaucer.
I have a mind presages me such thrift. Shak.
Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
(Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria. Syn. -- Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit.