thrift
Prudent resource management
Thrift is the habit of spending money carefully and avoiding waste.
Someone with thrift stretches resources, saves rather than splurges, and finds value in frugality: Her Depression-era thrift never left her.
A thrift or thrift store sells secondhand goods cheaply: I found this jacket at a thrift shop for five dollars.
Economical resource management
- parsimonyExcessive frugality with resources
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
- budget-consciousAware of spending limits
- penny-pinchingExtreme reluctance to spend
tightfisted · sparing · austerity · cheapness · stinginess · scrimping · cost-cutting · saving
Accumulated money kept
- nest eggSaved money for later
- piggybankChild's savings container
- emergency fundReserve for unexpected expenses
- putting awayPlacing into storage
setting aside · squirreling away · money jar · saving up · bank account · deposit · compound interest · retirement fund
Having had prior ownership
- charity shopNonprofit resale outlet
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
- vintageQuality from past eras
- pre-ownedAlready had an owner
resale · flea market · garage sale · estate sale · Goodwill · Salvation Army · jumble sale · car boot sale
Ability to solve problems creatively
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- repurposingAdapting for different use
- upcyclingImproving discarded materials' value
- mendingRestoring damaged items
DIY · creativity · improvisation · stretching dollars · reusing · patching · darning · couponing
Arranged stones with plants
- alpineOf high elevations
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
- cushion plantDense ground-hugging vegetation mass
- salt-tolerantAble to withstand salinity
frugality
Economical resource management
- parsimonyExcessive frugality with resources
- economizingReducing expenditures deliberately
- budget-consciousAware of spending limits
penny-pinching · tightfisted · sparing · austerity · cheapness · stinginess · scrimping · cost-cutting · saving · prudence
savings
Accumulated money kept
- nest eggSaved money for later
- piggybankChild's savings container
- emergency fundReserve for unexpected expenses
putting away · setting aside · squirreling away · money jar · saving up · bank account · deposit · compound interest · retirement fund · financial security
secondhand
Having had prior ownership
- charity shopNonprofit resale outlet
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
- vintageQuality from past eras
pre-owned · resale · flea market · garage sale · estate sale · Goodwill · Salvation Army · jumble sale · car boot sale · swap meet
resourcefulness
Ability to solve problems creatively
- ingenuityClever, original thinking
- repurposingAdapting for different use
- upcyclingImproving discarded materials' value
mending · DIY · creativity · improvisation · stretching dollars · reusing · patching · darning · couponing · bulk-buying
rock garden
Arranged stones with plants
- alpineOf high elevations
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
- cushion plantDense ground-hugging vegetation mass
- saving moneybudget, savings, discount, sale, coupon
- hipstermustache, skinny jeans, beard, flannel, vintage
- Victorian valuesmorality, propriety, respectability, decorum, modesty
- fashionfashion, clothing, apparel, attire, garment
- bankingbank, banks, ATM, ATMs, account
- money managementsaving, savings, budgeting, budget planning, expense tracking
thriftextravagance
Excessive, wasteful spending
profligacy · prodigality · lavishness · spendthrift · spending
thriftwaste
Unwanted discarded material
wastefulness · squandering · profligacy · diseconomy · inefficiency
thriftimprovidence
Lack of foresight
recklessness · imprudence · irresponsibility · profligacy · carelessness
- thrift storeStore selling donated goods
- thrift shopStore selling used donations
- thrive and prosperSucceed vigorously over time
- thrift shoppingPurchasing pre-owned items cheaply
- thrift store findsBargains from donation shops
- thrift store chic
thrive, thriving, thrifty, thrifts, thriftiness, thrifted, thrifting, unthrifty, thriftless