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thriftthrift /θrɪft/ noun [uncountable] thriftOrigin: 1200-1300 Old Norse ‘wealth and success’, from thrifask; ➔ THRIVE - Nor are we going to preach about the importance of inculcating children with the habit of thrift.
- You have to work at thrift.
NOUN► shop· All that thrives are thrift shops.· After lunch, which I again finished alone, we drove to a thrift shop.· The league's thrift shop welcomes donations of furniture, clothes and housewares. old-fashioned wise and careful use of money, so that none is wasted → spendthrift |