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saving

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Etymology edit

From save +‎ -ing.

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Noun edit

saving (countable and uncountable, plural savings)

  1. A reduction in cost or expenditure.
    The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.
  2. (countable, usually in the plural) Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
    I invested all my savings in gold.
    The collapse of Enron wiped out the life savings of many people, leaving them poor in their retirement.
  3. (uncountable) The action of the verb to save.
  4. (law, obsolete) Exception; reservation.
    saving and transitional provisions

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Verb edit

saving

  1. present participle and gerund of save

Adjective edit

saving (comparative more saving, superlative most saving)

  1. (theology) That saves someone from damnation; redemptive. [from 14th c.]
  2. Preserving; rescuing.
  3. Thrifty; frugal. [from 15th c.]
    a saving cook
    • 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 14:
      Three of her bairns were drowned at sea, fishing off the Bervie braes they had been, but the fourth, the boy Cospatric, him that died the same day as the Old Queen, he was douce and saving and sensible, and set putting the estate to rights.
  4. Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
    a saving bargain
    The ship has made a saving voyage.
  5. Making reservation or exception.
    a saving clause
  6. (in compound adjectives) Relating to making a saving.
    labour-saving
    energy-saving light bulbs

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saving

  1. With the exception of; except; save.
  2. Without disrespect to.

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saving

  1. Alternative form of savynge
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