savings

English

Noun

savings (uncountable)

1. That which has been saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.

   The collapse of Enron wiped out the life savings of many people, leaving them poor in their retirement.

2. Plural form of saving

Derived terms

• life savings

Antonyms

• (that which has been saved): dissavings

Translations

that which has been saved

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 儲蓄 (cmn), 储蓄 (cmn) (chǔxu)

• Czech: úspory (cs) f pl
• Dutch: spaargeld (nl)
• Finnish: säästöt (fi) pl
• French: économies (fr)

• German: Ersparnisse (de) f pl
• Japanese: 貯蓄 (ja) (ちょちく, chochiku), 貯金 (ja) (ちょきん, chokin) (bank savings)
• Russian: сбережения (ru) (sberežénija) n pl, накопления (ru) (nakoplénija) n pl
• Spanish: ahorros (es) m pl
• Swahili: akiba (sw)