Usually means: Efficient and careful use of resources.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word thrift:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. thrift: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. thrift: Merriam-Webster
  3. thrift: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. thrift: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. thrift: Collins English Dictionary
  6. thrift: Vocabulary.com
  7. Thrift, thrift: Wordnik
  8. thrift: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Thrift, thrift: Wiktionary
  10. thrift: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. thrift: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. thrift: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. thrift: Dictionary.com
  14. thrift: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. thrift: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Thrift (protocol), Thrift: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Thrift: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. thrift: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. thrift: Rhymezone
  20. Thrift: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. thrift: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. thrift: FreeDictionary.org
  23. thrift: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. thrift: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. thrift: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. thrift: Webster's New World Finance & Investment Dictionary
  4. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. thrift: Legal dictionary
  7. thrift: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. thrift: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. THRIFT: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Thrift, thrift: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
noun:  (countable, US) A savings bank.
noun:  (countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.
noun:  (obsolete) Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity; profit.
noun:  (obsolete) Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
verb:  (transitive) To obtain from a thrift shop.
noun:  A surname.

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