thrift

n.

1. Wise economy in the management of money and other resources; frugality.
2. Vigorous growth of living things, such as plants.
3. 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.
4. A savings and loan association, credit union, or savings bank. Also called thrift institution.

[Middle English, prosperity, perhaps from Old Norse, from thrīfask, to thrive. See thrive.]

Organization formed primarily as a depository for consumer savings, the most common varieties of which are the Savings and Loan Association and the Savings Bank. Traditionally, savings institutions have loaned most of their deposit funds in the residential mortgage market. Deregulation in the early 1980s expanded their range of depository services and allowed them to make commercial and consumer loans. Deregulation led to widespread abuse by savings and loans that used insured deposits to engage in speculative real estate lending. This resulted in the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), established in 1989 by the Financial Institutions Reform and Recovery Act (FIRREA), popularly known as the "bailout bill." Credit Unions are sometimes included in the thrift institution category, since their principal source of deposits is also personal savings, though they have traditionally made small consumer loans, not mortgage loans. See also Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act; Mutual Association; Mutual Savings Bank.

noun

Careful use of material resources: economy, frugality, providence, prudence, thriftiness. See save/waste.

n

Definition: economy
Antonyms: extravagance, spending, waste

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A generic name for savings banks and savings and loan associations. See bank.

Quotes:

"Thrift is of great revenue." - Marcus T. Cicero

"The further through life I drift the more obvious it becomes that I am lacking in thrift." - Ogden Nash

"The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty." - Publilius Syrus

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - sparsommelighed, økonomi

idioms:

• thrift shop    genbrugsforretning

Nederlands (Dutch)
spaarzaamheid

Français (French)
n. - économie, (Bot) armeria

idioms:

• thrift shop    boutique d'articles d'occasion (dont les bénéfices sont versés à des ¯uvres)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sparsamkeit, Wirtschaftlichkeit, (bot.) Grasnelke

idioms:

• thrift shop    Gebrauchtwarenladen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λιτότητα, οικονομία, φειδώ, αποταμίευση

idioms:

• thrift shop    κατάστημα πώλησης μεταχειρισμένων ειδών (για φιλανθρωπικούς σκοπούς)

Italiano (Italian)
parsimonia

idioms:

• thrift shop    rigatteria, negozio dell'usato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pão duro, frugalidade, economia

idioms:

• thrift shop    loja de coisas baratas, evitar esbanjar

Русский (Russian)
бережливость, экономность, трудолюбие, (редк.) процветание, (бот.) армерия

idioms:

• thrift shop    магазин одежды и других вещей, бывших в употреблении

Español (Spanish)
n. - economía, ahorro

idioms:

• thrift shop    tienda que vende artículos de segunda mano con fines benéficos

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sparsamhet, hushållning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
节约, 繁荣

idioms:

• thrift shop    旧货店, 节俭商店, 慈善性二手货商店

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 節約, 繁榮

idioms:

• thrift shop    舊貨店, 節儉商店, 慈善性二手貨商店

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 절약, 번성, 아르메리아

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 節倹, 繁茂, 倹約

idioms:

• thrift shop    中古品店

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اقتصاد, نمو معافى قوي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חסכנות, קימוץ, מין צמח‬

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