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 Definitions of saving  [ˈseɪ vɪŋ]  

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Definition of 'saving' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) saving
tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.

2.  saving
compensating; redeeming.

3.  saving
thrifty; economical.

4.  saving
making a reservation:
a saving clause.

5. (n.) saving
a reduction or lessening of expenditure or outlay.

6.  saving
something that is saved.

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

8. (prep.) saving
except.

9.  saving
with all due respect to or for.

10. (conj.) saving
except; save.

Etymology:  (1250–1300)

Definition of 'saving' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) economy, saving
an act of economizing; reduction in cost
"it was a small economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving of 50 cents"

2. (noun) rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving
recovery or preservation from loss or danger
"work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"

3. (adj) preservation, saving
the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

4. (adj) redemptive, redeeming(a), saving(a)
bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
"saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love"

5. (adj) saving
characterized by thriftiness
"wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow


Definition of 'saving' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) saving
preserving; rescuing

2. (adj) saving
avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook

3. (adj) saving
bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage

4. (adj) saving
making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause

5. (noun) saving
something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy

6. (noun) saving
exception; reservation

7.  saving
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8.  saving
with the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to


Translation of 'saving' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a way of saving money etc or the amount saved in this way
It's a great saving to be able to make one's own clothes.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: besparing Arabic flag Arabic: إدِّخار، تَوْفير Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: спестяване
Brazilian flag Brazilian: poupança Czech flag Czech: úspora German flag German: die Ersparnis
Danish flag Danish: besparelse Greek flag Greek: οικονομία, εξοικονόμηση π Spanish flag Spanish: ahorro
Estonian flag Estonian: kokkuhoid Farsi flag Farsi: پس انداز Finnish flag Finnish: säästö
French flag French: économie Hebrew flag Hebrew: חִיסָכוֹן Hindi flag Hindi: रक्षक, कम खर्च
Croatian flag Croatian: štednja Hungarian flag Hungarian: megtakarítás Indonesian flag Indonesian: penghematan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sparnaður Italian flag Italian: risparmio Japanese flag Japanese: 節約
Korean flag Korean: 저축 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: taupymas Latvian flag Latvian: taupīšana; krāšana
Malay flag Malay: penjimatan Dutch flag Dutch: besparing Norwegian flag Norwegian: sparepenger, oppsparte mi
Polish flag Polish: oszczędność Persian flag Persian: پس انداز Pashto flag Pashto: سپما
Portuguese flag Portuguese: poupança Romanian flag Romanian: economie Russian flag Russian: экономия
Slovak flag Slovak: úspora Slovenian flag Slovenian: prihranek Serbian flag Serbian: ušteda
Swedish flag Swedish: sparande, besparing Thai flag Thai: การออมทรัพย์ Turkish flag Turkish: tasarruf
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 節省,省下來的錢 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: економія; збереження Urdu flag Urdu: بچت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự tiết kiệm Chinese flag Chinese: 节省,存款

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