thrift

économie, frugalité

Habitude de dépenser peu d’argent et d’éviter le gaspillage.

En anglais simple : The habit of spending little money and avoiding waste.

• Thrift helped her save enough for a car.
• His parents taught him the value of thrift.
• Their thrift extends to food and electricity.

Synonymes : economy, frugality

Contraires : extravagance

Expressions courantes : practice thrift, household thrift

armérie

Petite plante aux feuilles étroites et aux fleurs roses regroupées en boules, souvent présente près de la mer.

En anglais simple : A small plant with narrow leaves and round groups of pink flowers, often found near the sea.

• Thrift grows along the cliff edge.
• We planted thrift in our rock garden.
• The thrift flowers turn the hillside pink.

Synonymes : sea pink

Expressions courantes : sea thrift, pink thrift

caisse d’épargne

Banque qui recueille surtout l’épargne et prête de l’argent aux personnes qui achètent un logement.

En anglais simple : A bank that mainly accepts savings and lends money to people buying homes.

• The thrift approved our home loan.
• Several small thrifts merged last year.
• She opened a savings account at a thrift.

Synonymes : savings bank

Expressions courantes : local thrift, thrift institution

acheter d’occasion

Chercher ou acheter des objets déjà utilisés dans des magasins qui les vendent à bas prix.

En anglais simple : To look for or buy used things in shops that sell them cheaply.

• We thrift every Saturday.
• She thrifted a beautiful leather jacket.
• Do you ever thrift for furniture?

Synonymes : shop secondhand

Expressions courantes : thrift clothes, thrift a jacket, thrift for bargains