economical+management

  • 31Armeria vulgaris — Thrift Thrift (thr[i^]ft), n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See {Thrive}.] 1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality. [1913 Webster] The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 32Common thrift — Thrift Thrift (thr[i^]ft), n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See {Thrive}.] 1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality. [1913 Webster] The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 33sea pink — Thrift Thrift (thr[i^]ft), n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See {Thrive}.] 1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality. [1913 Webster] The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands.… …

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  • 34Thrift — (thr[i^]ft), n. [Icel. [thorn]rift. See {Thrive}.] 1. A thriving state; good husbandry; economical management in regard to property; frugality. [1913 Webster] The rest, . . . willing to fall to thrift, prove very good husbands. Spenser. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 35Willowridge High School (Pretoria) — Willowridge High School, , is a public, English medium co ed high school located in The Willows, Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Willowridge High School is a diverse school and has many pupils excelling in the schools four main …

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  • 36thrift — /thrift/, n. 1. economical management; economy; frugality. 2. Also called thrift institution. Banking. a savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union. 3. Also called sea pink. any alpine and maritime plant belonging to the genus… …

    Universalium

  • 37BERTHA —    goddess in the S. German mythology, of the spinning wheel principally, and of the household as dependent on it, in behalf of which and its economical management she is often harsh to idle spinners; at her festival thrift is the rule …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 38thrift — n. 1. Success, prosperity, gain, profit, luck, good fortune. 2. Frugality, thriftiness, economy, good husbandry, economical management, savingness …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 39thrift — [[t]θrɪft[/t]] n. 1) economical management; economy 2) bus Also called thrift′ institu tion. a savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union 3) pln any alpine and maritime plant belonging to the genus Armeria, of the leadwort family …

    From formal English to slang

  • 40thrift — /θrɪft / (say thrift) noun 1. economical management; economy; frugality. 2. vigorous growth, as of a plant. 3. → sea pink. 4. Obsolete Colloquial accumulated wealth. {Middle English, from thrive. Compare Icelandic thrift prosperity} –thriftless,… …