thrift

The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).

His thrift can be seen in how little the trashman takes from his house.

The rest, […] willing to fall to thrift , as I have seene many souldiers after the service to prove very good husbands

A savings bank.

Usually, home mortgages are obtained from thrifts.

Any of various plants of the genus Armeria, particularly Armeria maritima.

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

Bassanio: […]And many Jasons come in quest of her. O my Antonio, had I but the means To hold a rival place with one of them, I have a mind presages me such thrift, That I should questionless be fortunate!

Hamlet: No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning.

Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

To shop or browse at a thrift shop; to buy (something) at a thrift shop.

They like to go thrifting on weekends.

I thrifted these vintage coffee mugs.

A surname.