[θrɪft], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully
(e.g: the values of thrift and self-reliance)

- a European plant which forms low-growing tufts of slender leaves with rounded pink flower heads, growing chiefly on sea cliffs and mountains


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