saving

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adjective

tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.

compensating; redeeming: a saving sense of humor.

thrifty; economical: a saving housekeeper.

making a reservation: a saving clause.

noun

a reduction or lessening of expenditure or outlay: a saving of 10 percent.

something that is saved.

savings, sums of money saved by economy and laid away.

Law. a reservation or exception.

preposition

except: Nothing remains saving these ruins.

with all due respect to or for: saving your presence.

conjunction

except; save.

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Origin of saving

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at save¹, -ing², -ing¹

SYNONYMS FOR saving

2. restoring, redemptory, qualifying.

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Related formssav·ing·ly, adverbnon·sav·ing, adjectiveun·sav·ing, adjectiveun·sav·ing·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for savings

And even those who consider themselves great patriots prefer to keep their savings in foreign currency.
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With the metros closed, she had to dip into her savings to pay for the expensive taxi ride home that morning.
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If you are in the market to buy, “Your art budget is somewhere between your grocery budget and your savings budget,” he says.
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The savings over comparable store-bought shaving systems ranges from 30 to 60 percent.
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Our savings in the article of trade amount to near five million sterling per annum.
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He had arranged this surprise with great pains and had used all his savings.
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She did not want to leave my father, who was also a dancer and general acrobat, so they invested their savings in a small circus.
The Autobiography of a Clown|Isaac Frederick Marcosson
She had almost admitted having withdrawn her eighteen hundred francs from the savings bank.
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There's a man for a poor woman to go and spend her savings on!
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British Dictionary definitions for savings

saving

adjective

tending to save or preserve

redeeming or compensating (esp in the phrase saving grace)

thrifty or economical

law denoting or relating to an exception or reservationa saving clause in an agreement

noun

preservation or redemption, esp from loss or danger

economy or avoidance of waste

reduction in cost or expenditurea saving of 100 dollars

anything saved

(plural) money saved for future use

law an exception or reservation

preposition

with the exception of

conjunction

except

Derived Formssavingly, adverb

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Word Origin and History for savings

savings

"money saved," 1737, plural of saving, vwerbal noun from save (v.). Related: Savings account attested by 1882; savings bank, 1817. S & L for savings and loan attested from 1951.

saving

prep.

late 14c., from safe (adj.); see save (prep.).

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