(adv) in a thrifty manner, Example:a used towel that he had used and had left thriftily on the ledge below the mirror rather than consign to the linen basket

thrift institution

(n) a depository financial institution intended to encourage personal savings and home buying

thriftless

(adj) careless of the future

thriftlessly

(adv) in a thriftless manner, Example:he lives thriftlessly from day to day

thriftlessness

(n) the trait of wasting resources, Syn. waste, wastefulness, Example:a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste; the wastefulness of missed opportunities

thriftshop

(n) a shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices, Syn. second-hand store

thrifty

(adj) careful and diligent in the use of resources, Ant. wasteful

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Thrift

n. [ Icel. þrift. See Thrive. ] 1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity. “Your thrift is gone full clean.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have a mind presages me such thrift. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ 1913 Webster ]

3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria. [ 1913 Webster ]

Common thrift (Bot.), Armeria vulgaris; -- also called sea pink. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thriftily

adv. 1. In a thrifty manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Carefully; properly; becomingly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A young clerk . . . in Latin thriftily them gret [ greeted ]. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thriftiness

n. The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thriftless

a. Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs. -- Thrift"less*ly, adv. -- Thrift"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thrifty

a. [ Compar. Thriftier superl. Thriftiest. ] 1. Given to, or evincing, thrift; characterized by economy and good menegement of property; sparing; frugal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her chaffer was so thrifty and so new. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am glad he hath so much youth and vigor left, of which he hath not been thrifty. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as, a thrifty farmer or mechanic. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty plant or colt. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Secured by thrift; well husbanded. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I have five hundred crowns,
The thrifty hire I saved under your father. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I sit at home, I have no thrifty cloth. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Frugal; sparing; economical; saving; careful. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary CC-CEDICT CN-EN Dictionary

节俭

[节俭 / 節儉, jié jiǎn] thrifty; penny-pinching #19149

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

使い手;遣い手

[つかいて, tsukaite] (n) (1) user; consumer; employer; (2) master (e.g. of swordsmanship); (3) prodigal; spendthrift #15510

勤倹の風

[きんけんのふう, kinkennofuu] (n) custom (habit) of diligence and thrift

勤倹貯蓄

[きんけんちょちく, kinkenchochiku] (n) thrift and saving

倹

[けん, ken] (n) economizing; thriftiness; prudence; frugality

倹しい

[つましい, tsumashii] (adj-i) thrifty; economical

倹約

[けんやく, kenyaku] (adj-na, n, vs, adj-no) thrift; economy; frugality; (P)

倹約家

[けんやくか, kenyakuka] (n) thrifty person; economist

倹約令

[けんやくれい, kenyakurei] (n) laws regulating expenditures; sumptuary edicts; thrift ordinance

始末屋

[しまつや, shimatsuya] (n) thrifty person

節倹

[せっけん, sekken] (n, vs) economy; thrift

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Sparsamkeit { f } | Sparsamkeiten { pl }

thrift | thrifts

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