<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>economical management; economy; frugality: My father valued thrift, hard work, and self-sufficiency.</li><li>Memories of her thrift and capability inspire me.</li><li>Also called thrift institution: a savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union: To help the thrifts survive, Congress deregulated the industry, lifting restrictions on the kinds of loans they could make.</li><li>Also called sea pink: any alpine and maritime plant belonging to the genus Armeria, of the leadwort family, having pink or white flowers, especially A. maritima, noted for its vigorous growth.</li><li>any of various similar or related plants.</li><li>vigorous growth, as of a plant.</li><li>Obsolete: prosperity.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to buy secondhand, as at a thrift store: I thrifted these purple suede pumps for ten bucks.</li></ul>