saving

[ sey-ving ]

/ ˈseɪ vɪŋ /

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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.

OTHER WORDS FOR saving

2 restoring, redemptory, qualifying.

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Origin of saving

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

OTHER WORDS FROM saving

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

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How to use saving in a sentence

In 2018, Holvey tried to shrink OFRI’s budget by 60% and use the savings to help combat wildfires.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Calls for Audit After Our Reporting on a State Institute That Lobbied for the Timber Industry|by Tony Schick, OPB, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive|September 2, 2020|ProPublica
It’d cost $5 billion to build and wouldn’t produce savings, consultants estimate, until 2063.
Morning Report: City Stops Paying Rent on 101 Ash St.|Voice of San Diego|September 2, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The court ruled that Xu’s death had been a direct result of the stress of losing her family’s savings.
Inside China’s unexpected quest to protect data privacy|Tate Ryan-Mosley|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Devendra Pant, chief economist at market analytics firm India Ratings and Research, believes India won’t necessarily see a broad rise in savings.
Could the Recession Revive the Savings Gene in China and India?|Pallabi Munsi|August 16, 2020|Ozy

Poseidon is contracted to provide up to 56,000-acre feet per year and the two-week lapse amounted to about $15 million in savings for the Water Authority.
Environment Report: Why Your Water Bill Might Spike|MacKenzie Elmer|July 27, 2020|Voice of San Diego
And even those who consider themselves great patriots prefer to keep their savings in foreign currency.
Recession? Devaluation? Inflation? Putin Tells Russia Stay the Course.|Anna Nemtsova|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He had been swindled out of his life savings—around $8 million—by his former manager and lover Kelley Lynch.
Excuse Me For Not Dying: Leonard Cohen at 80|David Yaffe|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
None of the SARs reports any projected savings attributable to a higher rate.
Does America’s $400 Billion Stealth Jet Need Another Engine?|Bill Sweetman|July 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
[I]f some little savings and loan in Middle America was going to lose its shirt,” Anders thinks during one deal, “too bad.
Ted Thompson’s Debut Novel Features A 1 Percenter As Its Hero|Stefan Beck|May 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was dreading that moment, because there I was thinking I was wasting all of my money and I would have no more savings.
Meet Justin Jedlica, the Real Life Ken Doll|Erin Cunningham|April 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A savings bank is not a true bank of deposit, providing circulating credit.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Many savings banks especially are thus organized and continued.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
A former chapter speaks of promises to pay certain savings by the use of Trevithick's inventions prior to his leaving for America.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
The agreement was that patentees should have one-fourth part of the savings of coal above twenty-six millions.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
He was one of the originators of the New York historical society, and of the Savings bank.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell

British Dictionary definitions for saving

saving

/ (ˈseɪvɪŋ) /

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 forms of saving

savingly, adverb

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