Definition of "thrift" []

• Wise economy in the management of money and other resources; frugality. (noun)
• Vigorous growth of living things, such as plants. (noun)
• Any of several densely tufted plants of the genus Armeria, especially A. maritima, having white to pink flower heads with a funnel-shaped scarious calyx. (noun)
• A savings and loan association, credit union, or savings bank. Also called thrift institution. (noun)

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• ""It's the art of using what we've got," said Levesque, who also operates what he describes as a "thrift store for house parts" in San Francisco."
• "I would argue that, unless you're stuffing your dollars in a mattress, "thrift" is itself just another form of consumption."
• "And given Cameron's current obsession with the word 'thrift', is the forthcoming Conservative government any more likely to see it become one?"