OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 31149

thrift

/θɹɪft/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ahorro • economía • parquedad • parsimonia
The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
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
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