Definitions
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Word origin
From Middle English thrift, thryfte, þrift, from Old Norse þrift (“thriving condition, prosperity”). Equivalent to thrive + -t.
Used in a sentence
“His thrift can be seen in how little the trashman takes from his house.”
“The rest, […] willing to fall to thrift , as I have seene many souldiers after the service to prove very good husbands”
“[…] it would appear that before taking this precaution Mr. Bree must have had the thrift to remove a modest competency of the gold […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Careful spending”6 letters
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