saving

Plural: savings

Noun

• The act of economizing or preserving; money kept for future use.
• an act of economizing; reduction in cost
  • "there was a saving of 50 cents"
• recovery or preservation from loss or danger
  • "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
• the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
• A reduction in cost or expenditure.
• Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
• The action of the verb to save.
• Exception; reservation.

Verb

• save from ruin, destruction, or harm
• to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
• bring into safety
• spend less; buy at a reduced price
• accumulate money for future use
• make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
• save from sins
• refrain from harming
• spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
• retain rights to
• record data on a computer
• present participle and gerund of save

Adjective Satellite

• bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
  • "saving faith"
• characterized by thriftiness; - Ellen Glasgow
  • "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"

Adj

• That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
• Preserving; rescuing.
• Thrifty; frugal.
• Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
• Making reservation or exception.
• Relating to making a saving.

Prep

• With the exception of; except; save.
• Without disrespect to.

Examples

• energy-saving light bulbs
• His careful saving of the ’Q’ tile paid off big time in the final round of Scrabble.
• I invested all my savings in gold.
• labour-saving
• saving and transitional provisions
• The collapse of Enron wiped out the life savings of many people, leaving them poor in their retirement.
• The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.

Synonyms

bring through, carry through, deliver, deliverance, delivery, economise, economize, economy, hold open, keep, keep open, lay aside, make unnecessary, preservation, preserve, pull through, redeem, redeeming, redemptive, relieve, rescue, salvage, salve, save, save up, spare, write

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