1. the quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully
2. a savings and loan association
Usage: finance
3. a plant with small colorful flowers that grows in coastal areas
Usage: botany

Examples

• Her thrift allowed her to save enough money for college.
• The family practiced thrift by growing their own vegetables.
• He opened a savings account at the local thrift.
• The coastal cliffs were covered with pink thrift flowers.
• Through careful thrift, they managed to buy their first home.
• The thrift store sold donated clothing at low prices.
• Wild thrift bloomed along the rocky shoreline.