Saving

  • 11Saving — Depositing change in a piggy bank is a frequently used savings strategy. Saving is income not spent, or deferred consumption. Methods of saving include putting money aside in a bank or pension plan.[1] Saving also includes reducing expenditures,… …

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  • 12saving — savingly, adv. /say ving/, adj. 1. tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving. 2. compensating; redeeming: a saving sense of humor. 3. thrifty; economical: a saving housekeeper. 4. making a reservation: a saving clause. n. 5. a reduction or …

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  • 13saving — noun 1 amount not used or wasted ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, great, huge, major, significant, substantial ▪ estimated, potential …

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  • 14saving */*/*/ — UK [ˈseɪvɪŋ] / US noun Word forms saving : singular saving plural savings 1) savings [plural] money that you have saved in a bank or invested so that you can use it later The money for the flight came out of my savings. 2) [countable] an amount… …

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  • 15saving — adj., n., & prep. adj. (often in comb.) making economical use of (labour saving). n. 1 anything that is saved. 2 an economy (a saving in expenses). 3 (usu. in pl.) money saved. prep. 1 with the exception of; except (all saving that one). 2… …

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  • 16saving — /ˈseɪvɪŋ / (say sayving) adjective 1. that saves; rescuing; preserving. 2. redeeming: a saving sense of humour. 3. economical. 4. making a reservation: a saving clause. –noun 5. economy in expenditure, outlay, use, etc. 6. a reduction or… …

  • 17saving — Synonyms and related words: Scotch, aside from, bar, barring, beside, besides, but, cache, canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, compensating, compensatory, conservancy, conservation, conservational, conservationism, conservationist, conservative …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 18saving — sav|ing [ seıvıŋ ] noun *** 1. ) savings plural money that you have saved in a bank or invested so that you can use it later: The money for the flight came out of my savings. 2. ) count an amount of something that you manage to avoid using or… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 19Saving — Save Save, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Saving}.] [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F. sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See {Safe}, a.] 1. To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 20saving — sav|ing W3 [ˈseıvıŋ] n 1.) savings [plural] all the money that you have saved, especially in a bank ▪ Buying a house had taken all their savings. 2.) an amount of money that you have not spent, or an amount of something that you have not used ▪… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English