thrift

noun

1. (uncountable)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”

   “[…] it would appear that before taking this precaution Mr. Bree must have had the thrift to remove a modest competency of the gold […]”

2. (US, countable)A savings bank.

   “Usually, home mortgages are obtained from thrifts.”

3. (countable)Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity; profit.

   “Bassanio: […]And many Jasons come in quest of her. O my Antonio, had I but the means To hold a rival place with one of them, I have a mind presages me such thrift, That I should questionless be fortunate!”

   “Hamlet: No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.”

5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

verb

1. (ambitransitive)To shop or browse at a thrift shop; to buy (something) at a thrift shop.

   “They like to go thrifting on weekends.”

   “I thrifted these vintage coffee mugs.”

   “She probably thrifted the T-shirt and shorts. Bought the hiking boots yesterday at Copeland's. She's not much of a hiker, Xerxes thinks.”

name

1. A surname.