English-Thai Dictionary

thrift

N ความประหยัด  ความ มัธยัสถ์  kwam-pra-yad

 

thriftless

N ซึ่ง ไม่ ประหยัด  lavish negligent extravagant sueng-mai-pra-yad

 

thrifty

ADJ ประหยัด  มัธยัสถ์  economical saving frugal pra-yad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THRIFT

n.[from thrive. ] Frugality; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property. The rest--willing to fall to thrift; prove very good husbands.
1. Prosperity; success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain.
I have a mind presages me such thrift.
2. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
3. In botany, a plant of the genus Statice.

 

THRIFTILY

adv. Frugally; with parsimony. 1. With increase of worldly goods.

 

THRIFTINESS

n.Frugality; good husbandry; as thriftiness to save; thriftiness in preserving one's own. 1. Prosperity in business; increase of property.

 

THRIFTLESS

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

 

THRIFTY

a.Frugal; sparing; using economy and good management of property. I am glad he has so much youth and vigor left, of which he has not been thrifty.
1. More generally, thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as a thrifty farmer or mechanic.
2. Thriving; growing rapidly or vigorously; as a plant.
3. Well husbanded.
I have five hundred crowns,
The thrifty hire I sav'd under your father.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

THRIFT

Thrift, n. Etym: [Icel.. See Thrive. ]

 

1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality. The rest, ... willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands. Spenser.

 

2. Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity. "Your thrift is gone full clean. " Chaucer. I have a mind presages me such thrift. Shak.

 

3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

 

4. (Bot. )

 

Defn: One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria. Common thrift (Bot. ), Armeria vulgaris; -- also called sea pink.

 

Syn. -- Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit.

 

THRIFTILY

THRIFTILY Thrift "i *ly, adv.

 

1. In a thrifty manner.

 

2. Carefully; properly; becomingly. [Obs. ] A young clerk. .. in Latin thriftily them gret [greeted ]. Chaucer.

 

THRIFTINESS

THRIFTINESS Thrift "i *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift.

 

THRIFTLESS

THRIFTLESS Thrift "less, a.

 

Defn: Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs. -- Thrift "less *ly, adv. -- Thrift "less *ness, n.

 

THRIFTY

Thrift "y, a. [Compar. Thriftier; superl. Thriftiest.]

 

1. Given to, or evincing, thrift; characterized by economy and good menegement of property; sparing; frugal. Her chaffer was so thrifty and so new. Chaucer. I am glad he hath so much youth and vigor left, of which he hath not been thrifty. Swift.

 

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. [R.] I have five hundred crowns, The thrifty hire I saved under your father. Shak.

 

5. Well appearing; looking or being in good condition; becoming. [Obs. ] I sit at home, I have no thrifty cloth. Chaucer.

 

Syn. -- Frugal; sparing; economical; saving; careful.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

thrift

thrift |THrift θrɪft | ▶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. 2 a European plant that forms low-growing tufts of slender leaves with rounded pink flower heads, growing chiefly on sea cliffs and mountains. Also called sea pink. [Armeria maritima, family Plumbaginaceae. ] ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘prosperity, acquired wealth, success ’): from Old Norse, from thrífa ‘grasp, get hold of. ’ Compare with thrive .

 

thriftless

thrift less |ˈTHriftlis ˈθrɪftlɪs | ▶adjective (of a person or their behavior ) spending money in an extravagant and wasteful way. DERIVATIVES thrift less ly adverb, thrift less ness noun

 

thrift shop

thrift shop |ˈθrɪft ˌʃɑp |(also thrift store ) ▶noun a store selling secondhand clothes and other household goods, typically to raise funds for a charitable institution.

 

thrifty

thrift y |ˈTHriftē ˈθrɪfti | ▶adjective ( thriftier, thriftiest ) 1 (of a person or their behavior ) using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully. 2 chiefly archaic dialect (of livestock or plants ) strong and healthy. • archaic prosperous. DERIVATIVES thrift i ly |-lē |adverb, thrift i ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

thrift

thrift |θrɪft | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully: the values of thrift and self-reliance. • [ count noun ] US another term for savings and loan. 2 a European plant which forms low-growing tufts of slender leaves with rounded pink flower heads, growing chiefly on sea cliffs and mountains. Also called sea pink. ●Armeria maritima, family Plumbaginaceae. ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘prosperity, acquired wealth, success ’): from Old Norse, from thrífa ‘grasp, get hold of ’. Compare with thrive .

 

thriftless

thrift |less |ˈθrɪftlɪs | ▶adjective (of a person or their behaviour ) spending money in an extravagant and wasteful way. DERIVATIVES thriftlessly adverb, thriftlessness noun

 

thrift shop

thrift shop (also thrift store ) ▶noun N. Amer. a shop selling second-hand clothes and household goods, typically to raise funds for a Church or charity.

 

thrifty

thrifty |ˈθrɪfti | ▶adjective ( thriftier, thriftiest ) 1 using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully: he had been brought up to be thrifty and careful. 2 chiefly archaic or dialect (of livestock or plants ) strong and healthy. • archaic prosperous. DERIVATIVES thriftily adverb, thriftiness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

thrift

thrift noun she learned her sense of thrift from her mother: frugality, economy, economizing, thriftiness, providence, prudence, good management, good husbandry, saving, scrimping and saving, abstemiousness; parsimony, penny-pinching, austerity. ANTONYMS extravagance.

 

thrifty

thrifty adjective these kids have no idea what it means to be thrifty: frugal, economical, sparing, careful with money, penny-wise, provident, prudent, abstemious; parsimonious, penny-pinching, cheap. ANTONYMS extravagant. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See economical . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

thrift

thrift noun thrift and hard work led to betterment: providence, prudence, thriftiness, canniness, carefulness, good management, good husbandry, careful budgeting, economy, economizing, saving, scrimping and saving, scrimping, frugality, abstemiousness, parsimony, penny-pinching, miserliness; N. Amer. forehandedness; rare sparingness, frugalness. ANTONYMS profligacy, extravagance.

 

thriftless

thriftless adjective he is a generous, often thriftless fellow: extravagant, profligate, spendthrift, unthrifty, improvident, wasteful, free-spending, prodigal, squandering, lavish; immoderate, excessive, imprudent, reckless, irresponsible. ANTONYMS thrifty.

 

thrifty

thrifty adjective Gran brought me up to be thrifty and never to get into debt: careful with money, provident, prudent, canny, economical, frugal, sparing, scrimping, abstemious, parsimonious, penny-pinching, miserly; N. Amer. forehanded. ANTONYMS profligate, extravagant.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

thrift

thrift /θrɪft /名詞 U 1 ｟やや古 ほめて ｠質素, 節約 ▸ practice thrift 倹約する 2 ｟米 ｠貯蓄銀行 (thrift institution ).3 〘植 〙アルメリア, ハマカンザシ .4 ｟まれ ｠繁茂, 成長 .～́ sh ò p [st ò re ]｟米 ｠(慈善目的の, 主に衣類を扱う )中古品店 (｟英 ｠charity shop ).

 

thrifty

thrift y /θrɪ́fti /形容詞 1 ｟ほめて ｠質素な, やりくりのうまい ▸ a thrifty family つつましく暮らす一家 2 繁盛 [成功 ]して .3 〈植物などが 〉繁茂して .thr í ft i ly 副詞 thr í ft i ness 名詞