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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 890 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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THRIFT , See also:

ECONOMY

economy in See also:

PERSONAL

personal or domestic See also:

EXPENDITURE

expenditure, the See also:

HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit and practice of saving, careful or frugal management in See also:

MONEY

money matters. The word, which is borrowed from Scandinavian See also:

LANGUAGES

languages, meant the See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of one who thrives or prospers (M. Eng. thriven, Icel. thrifa, to clutch, seize, Norw. triva, seize).

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