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Thrift [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Frugality; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property.

2. The rest--willing to fall to thrift; prove very good husbands.

3. Prosperity; success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain.

4. I have a mind presages me such thrift

5. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

6. In botany, a plant of the genus Statice.

Thrift [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality.

2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.

3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

4. One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria.

Thriftily [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Frugally; with parsimony.

2. With increase of worldly goods.

Thriftily [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. In a thrifty manner.

2. Carefully; properly; becomingly.

Thriftiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Frugality; good husbandry; as thriftiness to save; thriftiness in preserving one's own.

2. Prosperity in business; increase of property.

Thriftiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift.

Thriftless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Having no frugality or good management; profuse; extravagant; not thriving.

Thriftless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs.

Thrifty [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Frugal; sparing; using economy and good management of property.

2. I am glad he has so much youth and vigor left, of which he has not been thrifty

3. More generally, thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as a thrifty farmer or mechanic.

4. Thriving; growing rapidly or vigorously; as a plant.

5. Well husbanded.

6. I have five hundred crowns,

7. The thrifty hire I sav'd under your father.

Thrifty [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Given to, or evincing, thrift; characterized by economy and good menegement of property; sparing; frugal.

2. Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as, a thrifty farmer or mechanic.

3. Growing rapidly or vigorously; thriving; as, a thrifty plant or colt.

4. Secured by thrift; well husbanded.

5. Well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming.

Prosperity Roget’s Thesaurus §734

N. prosperity, welfare, well-being, affluence, success, thrift, roaring trade, good fortune, smiles of fortune, blessings, godsend, luck, good luck, run of luck, sunshine, fair weather, fair wind, palmy days, bright days, halcyon days, piping times, tide, flood, high tide, saturnia regna, saturnian age, golden time, golden age, bed of roses, fat city, fat of the land, milk and honey, loaves and fishes, made man, lucky dog, enfant gate, spoiled child of fortune, upstart, parvenu, skipjack, mushroom

V. prosper, thrive, flourish, be prosperous, drive a roaring trade, do a booming business, go on well, go on smoothly, go on swimmingly, sail before the wind, swim with the tide, run smooth, run smoothly, run on all fours, rise in the world, get on in the world, work one's way, make one's way, look up, lift one's head, raise one's head, make one's fortune, feather one's nest, make one's pile, flower, blow, blossom, bloom, fructify, bear fruit, fatten, keep oneself afloat, keep one's head above water, hold one's head above water, land on one's feet, light on one's feet, light on one's legs, fall on one's legs, fall on one's feet, drop into a good thing, bear a charmed life, bask in the sunshine, have a good time of it, have a fine time of it, have a run of luck, have the good fortune, to, take a favorable turn, live on the fat of the land, live off the fat of the land, live in clover

Adj. prosperous, thriving, in a fair way, buoyant, well off, well to do, well to do in the world, set up, at one's ease, rich, in good case, in full, in high feather, fortunate, lucky, in luck, born with a silver spoon in one's mouth, born under a lucky star, on the sunny side of the hedge, auspicious, propitious, providential, palmy, halcyon, agreeable, couleur de rose

Adv. prosperously, swimmingly, as good luck would have it, beyond all hope

Phr. one's star in the ascendant, all for the best, one's course runs smooth, chacun est l'artisan de sa fortune, donec eris felix multos numerabis amicos, felicitas multos habet amicos, felix se nescit amari, 'good luck go with thee', nulli est homini perpetuum bonum

Acquisition Roget’s Thesaurus §775

N. acquisition, gaining, obtainment, procuration, procurement, purchase, descent, inheritance, gift, recovery, retrieval, revendication, replevin, restitution, redemption, salvage, trover, find, trouvaille, foundling, gain, thrift, money-making, money grubbing, lucre, filthy lucre, pelf, loaves and fishes, the main chance, emolument, profit, earnings, winnings, innings, pickings, net profit, avails, income, proceeds, produce, product, outcome, output, return, fruit, crop, harvest, second crop, aftermath, benefit, sweepstakes, trick, prize, pool, pot, wealth, subreption, obreption, stealing

V. acquire, get, gain, win, earn, obtain, procure, gather, collect, pick, pickup, glean, find, come upon, pitch upon, light upon, scrape up, scrape together, get in, reap and carry, net, bag, sack, bring home, secure, derive, draw, get in the harvest, profit, make profit, draw profit, turn a quick profit, turn to profit, turn to account, make capital out of, make money by, obtain a return, reap the fruits of, reap an advantage, gain an advantage, turn a penny, turn an honest penny, make the pot boil, bring grist to the mill, make money, coin money, raise money, raise funds, raise the wind, fill one's pocket, treasure up, realize, clear, produce, take, get back, recover, regain, retrieve, revendicate, replevy, redeem, come by one's own, come by, come in for, receive, inherit, step into a fortune, step into the shoes of, succeed to, get hold of, get between one's finger and thumb, get into one's hand, get at, take possession, come into possession, enter into possession, be profitable, pay, answer, accrue

Adj. acquiring, acquired, profitable, advantageous, gainful, remunerative, paying, lucrative

Phr. lucri causa

Economy Roget’s Thesaurus §817

N. economy, frugality, thrift, thriftiness, care, # husbandry, good housewifery, savingness, retrenchment, savings, prevention of waste, save-all, cheese parings and candle ends, parsimony, cost-cutting, cost control

V. be economical, practice economy, economize, save, retrench, cut back expenses, cut expenses, cut one's coat according to one's cloth, make both ends meet, keep within compass, meet one's expenses, pay one's way, pay as you go, husband, save money, invest money, put out to interest, provide for a rainy day, save for a rainy day, provide against a rainy day, save against a rainy day, feather one's nest, look after the main chance, cut costs

Adj. economical, frugal, careful, thrifty, saving, chary, spare, sparing, parsimonious, underpaid

Adv. sparingly, ne quid nimis

Phr. adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit, magnum est vectigal parsimonia