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thrift [θrıft] N

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▶ thrifty [ˈθrıftı] ADJ

thrift shop, thrift store N

Usage examples with thrift

practise thrift

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
This was one of the largest stock conversions by dollar amount in the history of the thrift industry.
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I continued to hunt records in thrift stores and junk shops.
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A thrift store was also opened, with the proceeds going to fund the operational costs of the building.
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It includes a chain of retail thrift stores and work projects.
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Used items can often be found for sale in thrift stores and pawnshops, auctions, garage sales, and in more recent times online auctions.
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A male figure with a hammer representing industry and a female figure with a beehive representing thrift decorate the center arch.
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Both elements are thrown in relief by his private thrift and fighting nature.
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Storage of information, being primarily dependent on individual or collective recall, must be handled with particular thrift.
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It operates a series of thrift stores to raise money for its operations.
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How he finds his characters is anybody's guess, a sort of thrift-store warehouse of eccentricities, it seems like.
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