Thrift, n.
n. [From thrive.] 1. A thriving state or condition; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.
The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands. Spencer.
Sense 2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
I have a mind presages me such thrift. Shak.
Sense 3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
Sense 4. (Bot.) One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria. Loudon.
Synonyms— Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit.