THRIFT

thrift. Thrift, n. frugality, prudence, care, profit, a plant

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Thrift (?), n. [[Icel. þrift. See Thrive.]] 1. 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. 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. 3. Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
4. 4. (Bot.) 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.