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Meaning of "thrift" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD THRIFT

From Old Norse: success.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF THRIFT

thrift  [θrɪft] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THRIFT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Thrift is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES THRIFT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Thrift

Thrift may refer to: ▪ A savings and loan association in the United States ▪ Frugality ▪ Apache Thrift, a remote procedure call framework developed at Facebook for "scalable cross-language services development". ▪ Thrift, a plant in the genus Armeria that have pink or white flowers; the term is especially used to refer to Armeria maritima ▪ A former brand used by Irish supermarket chain Superquinn for its generic grocery products ▪ A point of the Scout Law: "A SCOUT IS THRIFTY..." ▪ Syd Thrift, American baseball executive...

Definition of thrift in the English dictionary

The first definition of thrift in the dictionary is wisdom and caution in the management of money. Other definition of thrift is Also called: sea pink. any of numerous perennial plumbaginaceous low-growing plants of the genus Armeria, esp A. maritima, of Europe, W Asia, and North America, having narrow leaves and round heads of pink or white flowers. Thrift is also vigorous thriving or growth, as of a plant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH THRIFT


adrift
əˈdrɪft
drift
drɪft
festschrift
ˈfɛstˌʃrɪft
grift
ɡrɪft
rift
rɪft
serifed
ˈsɛrɪft
seriffed
ˈsɛrɪft
shrift
ʃrɪft
snowdrift
ˈsnəʊˌdrɪft
spendthrift
ˈspɛndˌθrɪft
spindrift
ˈspɪnˌdrɪft
spoondrift
ˈspuːnˌdrɪft
stardrift
ˈstɑːˌdrɪft
strift
strɪft
unthrift
ʌnˈθrɪft

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THRIFT

thrice
thridace
thrift shop
thriftier
thriftiest
thriftily
thriftiness
thriftless
thriftlessly
thriftlessness
thrifty
thrill
thrill-seeker
thrilled
thrilled to bits
thriller
thrilling
thrillingly
thrillingness
thrilly

WORDS THAT END LIKE THRIFT

airlift
continental drift
day shift
deadlift
face-lift
forklift
free gift
lift
longshore drift
makeshift
night shift
North Atlantic Drift
paradigm shift
shift
short shrift
sift
swift
swing shift
uplift
wage drift

Synonyms and antonyms of thrift in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «THRIFT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «thrift» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of thrift

Translation of «thrift» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THRIFT

Find out the translation of thrift to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of thrift from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «thrift» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

节俭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

economía
570 millions of speakers

English

thrift
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बचत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التوفير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бережливость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

poupança
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মিতব্যয়িতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

économie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berjimat cermat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sparsamkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

倹約
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

검소함
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thrift
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiết kiệm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काटकसर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tutumluluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parsimonia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gospodarność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ощадливість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cumpătare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λιτότης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spaarsamigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sparsamhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sparsommelighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of thrift

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THRIFT»

The term «thrift» is very widely used and occupies the 16.105 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THRIFT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «thrift» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «thrift» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about thrift

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10 QUOTES WITH «THRIFT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word thrift.
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Maeve Binchy
I have been blessed with friends who do things rather than buy things: friends who will change books at the library, take a bag of your old clothes to a thrift store, bring you cuttings and plant them in a window box, fill the bird feeder in your garden when you can't get out.
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William J. H. Boetcker
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
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Lady Randolph Churchill
We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
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Calvin Coolidge
Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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Zoey Deutch
My mom passed on her obsession of all things antique or vintage. I love to go thrift store shopping or explore any sort of garage sale. Treasure hunting is a family passion.
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Lou Doillon
I was kind of ashamed of my bourgeois family as a teenager, I guess - I had dreadlocks, shopped in thrift stores and pretended I had no money. At that time, I would have spat on a girl who was buying Yves Saint Laurent.
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J. Paul Getty
You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift.
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Gertrude Jekyll
A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.
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Hannah Kearney
Because we always have to wear a uniform to compete, my teammates and I look the exact same. My belt is the only accessory that I get to choose. I usually wear a yellow cloth belt with cherries or a leather belt with a beautiful tree buckle that I got at a thrift store.
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Zoe Kravitz
I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THRIFT»

Discover the use of thrift in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to thrift and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Non-Representational Theory: Space, Politics, Affect
Written by a pioneer of non-representational theories, this astonishing book promises to question the whole direction of social sciences methodology and makes essential reading for social sciences and humanities researchers and ...
Nigel Thrift, 2008
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Spatial Formations
This essential guide to social theory and space is written by one of the leading writers in the field.
Nigel Thrift, 1996
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Against Thrift: Why Consumer Culture is Good for the ...
Save more and spend less - what could be more obvious at a time of financial crisis? And yet our history tells us that this is exactly the wrong step to take, according to the acclaimed economic historian James Livingston.
James Livingston, 2011
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Thrift: A Cyclopedia
In David Blankenhorn's new compendium, Thrift: A Cyclopedia, he reminds readers of a time when thrift was one of America's most cherished cultural values.Gathering hundreds of quotes, sayings, proverbs, and photographs of Blankenhorn's vast ...
David Blankenhorn, 2008
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Thrift Store Saints
At the outset of the book, Knuth is a reluctant new volunteer at the store, sharing that her middle-class, suburban, church-going background has not prepared her well for this kind of work.
Jane F. Knuth, 2010
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The Decline of Thrift in America: Our Cultural Shift from ...
The direct result of this has been a declining savings rate and enormous budget deficit, Tucker argues, and has placed America on a road of economic decline.
David M. Tucker, 1991
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Cities: Reimagining the Urban
Amin and Thrift maintain that the traditional divide between the city and the countryside has been perforated through urban encroachment, the thickening of the links between the two, and urbanisation as a way of life.
Ash Amin, Nigel Thrift, 2002
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Knowing Capitalism
'This is an ambitious, original, and complex treatment of key aspects of contemporary capitalism.
Nigel Thrift, 2005
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Bank and Thrift Regulation: Implementation of FDICA's Prompt ...
This report summarizes the results of a review of the implementation of the Fed. Deposit Insur. Corp. Improve. Act of 1991's (FDICIA) Prompt Regulatory Action provisions. Focuses on the Fed.
Thomas J. McCool, Mark Gillen, James R. Black, 1997
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Thrift Score
New Wave Party tomorrow! Marvel at the folly of dead fads like designer jeans, CB radio and fondue. Thrift Score is a funny, useful book no serious thrifter or thrifter wannabe should be without.
Al Hoff, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THRIFT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term thrift is used in the context of the following news items.
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Thrift shop second story collapses in Hillcrest
Vinyl records collapse 2nd story thrift shop in Hillcrest ... strewn across the sidewalk after the second floor of a thrift shop in Hillcrest buckled and collapsed early ... «10News, Jun 15»
2
Minnesota sues epilepsy group over Savers thrift store ties
Weeks after suing the thrift store chain Savers over its donation practices, Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson is suing the Epilepsy Foundation for letting ... «Minnesota Public Radio News, Jun 15»
3
Minnesota AG sues firm behind Value Village thrift stores
Minnesota's Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against the Bellevue-based owner of Value Village thrift stores, accusing the company of violations of the state's ... «The Seattle Times, May 15»
4
Thrift Wins Walmart FLW Tour On Lake Eufaula Presented By …
Thrift's final-day catch of five bass weighing 15 pounds, 5 ounces gave him a four-day total of 69-14 and the win by a 2-pound, 15-ounce margin over day three ... «PR Newswire, May 15»
5
Eva Mendes's First Red Carpet Dress Was from Goodwill (PHOTO)
Mendes told PEOPLE that when designing her New York & Company collections she takes inspiration from her own wardrobe, which includes multiple thrift ... «PEOPLE StyleWatch, Mar 15»
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Carol Link: Eradicate weeds completely, use edgers to help keep …
Q: Years ago, before we bought our place, thrift was planted on the short slope in front of our home. It was beautiful in the spring and I would like to plant it with ... «SouthCoastToday.com, Mar 15»
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Chris Hadfield's flight suit found in Toronto thrift store
A flight suit once worn by astronaut Chris Hadfield is apparently now the property of a Toronto doctor who found it in — of all places — a local thrift store. «CBC.ca, Feb 15»
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Thrift store cash-in-drapes mystery solved, Halifax police say
HALIFAX -- Halifax police have solved a mystery over a lucrative find at a local thrift store. They say someone has come forward to claim several thousand ... «CTV News, Feb 15»
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Man sells rare Swiss watch he bought for under $6 from thrift shop …
For one lucky Arizona man, an unassuming $5.99 second-hand watch languishing in a thrift store has paved the way to wedded bliss. Zach Norris said he went ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
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Thousands of dollars found in drapery donation to Halifax thrift shop
HALIFAX - A recent drapery donation to a thrift store in Halifax came with a surprise. Police say several thousand dollars was found tucked inside the bundle of ... «CTV News, Feb 15»

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