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thrift::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching |
| Type of | frugalness, frugality |
| Derivation | thrifty |
thrift::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | suffrutex, subshrub |
| Has types | armeria maritima, sea pink, cliff rose |
Examples of thrift
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After a binge of borrowing in the last decade, Americans have discovered thrift.
From the stltoday.com
There is no need for thrift because we have unlimited lines on our credit cards.
From the washingtontimes.com
You can create a bonnet easily from an old straw or felt hat from a thrift shop.
From the tennessean.com
The bank is the largest regulated thrift in the nation to fail, regulators said.
From the washingtontimes.com
Buyout rumors swirled around Morgan Stanley and ailing thrift Washington Mutual.
From the investors.com
When Jenkins was in high school, her mother started taking her to thrift stores.
From the philly.com
So strange, this young woman with a thrift shop's jumble of cultural references.
From the time.com
This kind of behavior, contends McCulley, is what the paradox of thrift demands.
From the time.com
They actually believe thrift and fiscal responsibility are desirable behaviours.
From the economist.com
- Any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
- Parsimony: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
- Marilyn Manson is an American rock band founded by Brian Warner and Scott Putesky in the city of Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1989. ...
- Armeria is the botanical name for a genus of flowering plants. These plants are sometimes known as "thrift" or as the "sea pinks" as they are often found on coastlines. ...
- Thrift is a remote procedure call framework developed at Facebook for "scalable cross-language services development". It combines a software stack with a code generation engine to build services that work efficiently and seamlessly between C++, C#, Java, Perl, Python, PHP, Erlang and Ruby. ...
- The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money); A savings bank; Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima
- Thrifts are depository institutions that primarily serve consumers and include both savings banks and savings and loan (S&L) institutions. These institutions originate and service mortgage loans. A thrift may choose to hold a loan in its own portfolio or sell the loan to an investor.
- Thrift Industry (Savings and Loans, Credit Unions, etc.)
- 1. The wise use of money, especially avoiding unnecessary spending. 2. A financial institution that accepts savings deposit s but is not a bank ; this includes credit union s, savings and loan association s, and mutual savings bank s.
