saving

Meanings

Plural: savings

Noun

• 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.

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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