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   Thrift

   /THrift/

   

   noun

   • 1. the quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully: "the values of thrift and self-reliance"
   • ▪ another term for savings and loan US
   • 2. a European plant which forms low-growing tufts of slender leaves with rounded pink flower heads, growing chiefly on sea cliffs and mountains.

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘prosperity, acquired wealth, success’): from Old Norse, from thrífa ‘grasp, get hold of’. Compare with thrive.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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