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thrift | secondhand |

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

  • (uncountable) The characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
    • His thrift can be seen in how little the trashman takes from his house.
  • * (rfdate) Spenser
    • The rest, willing to fall to thrift , prove very good husbands.
  • * (Ambrose Bierce)
  • (countable, US) A savings bank.
    • Usually home mortgages are obtained from thrifts .
  • (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)
    • Medleth na-more with that art, I mene, / For, if ye doon, your thrift is goon ful clene.
  • * : Act I, Scene I:
    • I have a mind presages me such thrift .
  • (obsolete) Vigorous growth, as of a plant.

    • Synonyms

    *(characteristic of using a minimum of something) frugality

    Antonyms

    * spendthrift

    Derived terms

    * thrifty * thrift shop * thrift store

    References

    secondhand

    English

    Alternative forms

    * second-hand

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (of goods) not new; previously owned and used by another
  • (of a dealer) dealing in such merchandise
  • indirect
    • exposure to secondhand smoke from cigarette-smoking colleagues

    Adverb

    (-)
  • indirectly