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11thrift — [θrıft] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: wealth and success , from thrifask; THRIVE] old fashioned wise and careful use of money, so that none is wasted →↑spendthrift …
12thrift — [n] economy austerity, carefulness, economizing, frugality, parsimony, providence, prudence, saving, stinginess, thriftiness; concept 335 Ant. extravagance, spending, waste …
13thrift — ► NOUN 1) carefulness and prudence in the use of money and other resources. 2) a plant which forms low growing tufts of slender leaves with rounded pink flower heads, growing chiefly on sea cliffs and mountains. ORIGIN from Old Norse, grasp, get… …
14thrift — spend·thrift·i·ness; thrift; thrift·i·ly; thrift·i·ness; thrift·less; thrift·less·ness; spend·thrift; un·thrift; thrift·less·ly; …
15thrift — [[t]θrɪ̱ft[/t]] thrifts 1) N UNCOUNT (approval) Thrift is the quality and practice of being careful with money and not wasting things. They were rightly praised for their thrift and enterprise. Ant: extravagance 2) N COUNT A thrift or a thrift… …
16thrift — UK [θrɪft] / US noun Word forms thrift : singular thrift plural thrifts 1) [uncountable] the practice of spending money carefully so that you do not waste any 2) thrift or thrift institution [countable] American a building society …
17Thrift — This interesting surname has a number of possible origins. Firstly, it may be of Anglo Saxon origin, and a topographical name from the Olde English pre 7th Century firhthe , woodland, scrub on the edge of a forest, given to someone who lived by… …
18thrift — n. to practice thrift * * * [θrɪft] to practice thrift …
19thrift — /θrɪft / (say thrift) noun 1. economical management; economy; frugality. 2. vigorous growth, as of a plant. 3. → sea pink. 4. Obsolete Colloquial accumulated wealth. {Middle English, from thrive. Compare Icelandic thrift prosperity} –thriftless,… …
20thrift — pajūrinė gvaizdė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Pliumbaginių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Armeria maritima), paplitęs Europoje, Azijoje, Šiaurės Amerikoje ir Čilėje. atitikmenys: lot. Armeria maritima angl. common sea trift; sea cushion;… …
