About The Word Saving
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Saving
Saving Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Saving?
[n] recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
[n] 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" [n] the activity of protecting something from loss or danger [adj] characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow Synonyms | Synonyms for Saving: deliverance | delivery | economy | preservation | rescue | thrifty Related Terms | Find terms related to Saving: See Also | action | conservation | curtailment | downsizing | economies of scale | embalmment | fixation | fixing | lifesaving | protection | reclamation | recovery | redemption | reformation | reservation | retrenchment | retrieval | salvage | salvation | search and rescue mission | self-preservation Saving In Webster's Dictionary \Sav"ing\, a.
1. Preserving; rescuing.
He is the saving strength of his anointed. --Ps.
xxviii. 8.
2. Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish
or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.
3. 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. Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.
Note: Saving is often used with a noun to form a compound
adjective; as, labor-saving, life-saving, etc.
\Sav"ing\ (s[=a]v"[i^]ng), prep. or conj.; but properly a participle. With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to. ``Saving your reverence.'' --Shak. ``Saving your presence.'' --Burns. None of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. --Neh. iv. 23. And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. --Rev. ii. 17. \Sav"ing\, n. 1. Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy. 2. Exception; reservation. Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty. --L'Estrange. {Savings bank}, a bank in which savings or earnings are deposited and put at interest. |
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