Definitions for saving
ˈseɪ vɪŋsav·ing

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. savingnoun

   A reduction in cost or expenditure.

   The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.

2. savingnoun

   Something (usually money) that is saved.

   I invested all my savings in gold.

3. savingnoun

   The action of the verb to save.

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. economy, savingnoun

   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. rescue, deliverance, delivery, savingnoun

   recovery or preservation from loss or danger

   "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"

3. preservation, savingadjective

   the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

4. redemptive, redeeming(a), saving(a)adjective

   bringing about salvation or redemption from sin

   "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love"

5. savingadjective

   characterized by thriftiness

   "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Saving

   of Save

2. Savingadjective

   preserving; rescuing

3. Savingadjective

   avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook

4. Savingadjective

   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

5. Savingadjective

   making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause

6. Saving

   with the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to

7. Savingnoun

   something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy

8. Savingnoun

   exception; reservation

Freebase(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Saving

   Saving is income not spent, or deferred consumption. Methods of saving include putting money aside in a bank or pension plan. Saving also includes reducing expenditures, such as recurring costs. In terms of personal finance, saving specifies low-risk preservation of money, as in a deposit account, versus investment, wherein risk is higher. There is some disagreement about what counts as saving. For example, the part of a person's income that is spent on mortgage loan repayments is not spent on present consumption and is therefore saving by the above definition, even though people do not always think of repaying a loan as saving. However, in the U.S. measurement of the numbers behind its gross national product, personal interest payments are not treated as "saving" unless the institutions and people who receive them save them. "Saving" differs from "savings." The former refers to an increase in one's assets, an increase in net worth, whereas the latter refers to one part of one's assets, usually deposits in savings accounts, or to all of one's assets. Saving refers to an activity occurring over time, a flow variable, whereas savings refers to something that exists at any one time, a stock variable.

Matched Categories

1. • Action
   • Recovery

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'saving' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4092

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'saving' in Nouns Frequency: #1098

How to pronounce saving?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of saving in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of saving in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of saving in a Sentence

1. Marcia Fargnoli:

   I really believe every rhino counts, it really is a dilemma. ... But I really struggle to say I'm saving rhinos and then say that one can be hunted.

2. Prem Rawat:

   You know who is your savior? You! You’re most qualified to save yourself. You know all your weaknesses. You know all your strengths. You are eminently qualified to save yourself. So get on with the business of saving yourself by recognizing the potential that you have within you. Understand. This is not a little thing.

3. Pentagon Press:

   We are confident that the removal from the terrorist network of this experienced Al Shabaab commander with extensive operational experience will disrupt near-term attack planning, potentially saving many innocent lives.

4. Joe Manchin:

   It’s obvious that there are n’t any significant financial saving here, we need to get the politics out of this.

5. Justin Forsyth:

   What we needed from EU foreign ministers today was life-saving action, but they dithered, with each day we delay we lose more innocent lives and Europe slips further into an immoral abyss.

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