Thrift vs Secondhand - What's the difference?
thrift | secondhand |
(uncountable) The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
* (rfdate) Spenser
* (Ambrose Bierce)
(countable, US) A savings bank.
(countable) Any of various plants of the genus Armeria , particularly .
(obsolete) Success and advance in the acquisition of property; increase of worldly goods; gain; prosperity.
* 1380+ , (Geoffrey Chaucer), (The Canterbury Tales)
* : Act I, Scene I:
(obsolete) Vigorous growth, as of a plant.
(of goods) not new; previously owned and used by another
(of a dealer) dealing in such merchandise
indirect
indirectly
As a noun thrift
is the characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).As an adjective secondhand is
not new; previously owned and used by another.As an adverb secondhand is
indirectly.thrift
English
(wikipedia thrift)Noun
- His thrift can be seen in how little the trashman takes from his house.
- The rest, willing to fall to thrift , prove very good husbands.
- Usually home mortgages are obtained from thrifts .
- Medleth na-more with that art, I mene, / For, if ye doon, your thrift is goon ful clene.
- I have a mind presages me such thrift .
Synonyms
*(characteristic of using a minimum of something) frugalityAntonyms
* spendthriftDerived terms
* thrifty * thrift shop * thrift storeReferences
secondhand
English
Alternative forms
* second-handAdjective
(-)- exposure to secondhand smoke from cigarette-smoking colleagues