thrift

English

Etymology

From Old Norse þrift (“thriving condition, prosperity”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪft

Noun

Wikipedia thrift (countable and uncountable; plural thrifts)

1. (uncountable) The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).

   His thrift can be seen in how little the trash man takes from his house.

2. (countable, US) A savings bank.

   Usually home mortgages are obtained from thrifts.

3. (countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.

Antonyms

• spendthrift

Derived terms

• thrifty
• thrift shop
• thrift store

Translations

characteristic of using a minimum of something

Czech: spořivost (cs) f. Dutch: zuinigheid (nl) f., gierigheid (nl) f. Finnish: säästäväisyys (fi) German: Sparsamkeit (de) f. Irish: barainn (ga) f. Italian: parsimonia (it), frugalità (it), risparmio (it), economia (it) Japanese: 倹約 (ja) (けんやく, ken'yaku), 節倹 (ja) (せっけん, sekken) Norwegian: Bokmål: nøysomhet (nb) Nynorsk: nøysemd (nn)

Polish: oszczędność f. Romanian: cumpătare (ro) Russian: бережливость (ru) (berezhlivost') f., экономность (ru) (ekonomnost') f. Swedish: sparsamhet (sv)

savings bank

Dutch: bank (nl) f. Finnish: säästöpankki (fi) German: Sparkasse (de) f.

Serbian: штедионица (sr) (štedionica) f. Swedish: sparbank (sv) c.

various plants of the genus Armeria

Dutch: Armeria (nl), Engels gras (nl) n. Finnish: laukkaneilikka (fi) French: armérie (fr) f.

German: Grasnelke (de) f. Polish: zawciąg (pl) m. Swedish: trift (sv) c.