saver
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈseɪvə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈseɪvəɹ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Homophone: savour
- Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
Noun edit
saver (plural savers)
- One who saves.
- a saver of souls
- 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
- Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
- One who keeps savings more than usual.
- He’s a saver and she’s a spender; you’d think the marriage would be doomed, but he keeps them from going into bankruptcy and she makes sure they have a lot of fun.
- A ticket or coupon that offers a discount.
- 2017, Off Track Planet's Travel Guide for the Young, Sexy, and Broke:
- Tickets are cheaper the younger you are—snag a youth ticket (if you're twenty-five or under) for a 35 percent discount. If both you and your travel partner are twenty-six or older, the Small Group Saver will knock off 15 percent.
Usage notes edit
Not to be confused with savour (savor), or saviour (savior).
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
one who saves
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Middle English edit
Noun edit
saver
- Alternative form of saveour
Norman edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French savoir, saveir, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapĕre (“taste, know”).
Verb edit
saver
Old Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *saifr.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sāver m
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28
Romansch edit
Verb edit
saver
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapere (“taste, know”). Compare Italian sapere.
Verb edit
saver
- (transitive) to know (how to)
- (transitive) to be able to; can
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