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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SA'VING, ppr.
1. Preserving from evil or destruction; hindering from waste or loss; sparing; taking or using in time.
2. Excepting.
3. a. Frugal; not lavish; avoiding unnecessary expenses; economical; parsimonious. But it implies less rigorous economy than parsimonious; as a saving husbandman or housekeeper.
4. That saves in returns or receipts the principal or sum employed or expended; that incurs no loss, though not gainful; as a saving bargain. The ship has made a saving voyage.
5. That secures everlasting salvation; as saving grace.
SA'VING, n.
1. Something kept from being expended or lost.
By reducing the interest of the debt, the nation makes a saving.
2. Exception; reservation.
Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love" [syn: redemptive, redeeming, saving]
2: characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow n
1: 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" [syn: economy, saving]
2: recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" [syn: rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving]
3: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger [syn: preservation, saving]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of saven to save Date: 14th century 1. preservation from danger or destruction ; deliverance 2. the act or an instance of economizing 3. a. plural money put by b. the excess of income over consumption expenditures — often used in plural c. a usually specified lower cost — often used in plural <a savings of 50 percent> II. preposition Etymology: Middle English, from present participle of saven Date: 14th century 1. except, save 2. without disrespect to III. conjunction Date: 15th century except, save

Britannica Concise

Process of setting aside a portion of current income for future use, or the resources accumulated in this way over a given period of time. Savings may take the form of bank deposits and cash holdings or securities. How much individuals save is affected by their preferences for future over present consumption and their expectations of future income. If individuals consume more than the value of their income, then their saving is negative and they are said to be dissaving. Individual saving may be measured by estimating disposable income and subtracting current consumption expenditures. A measure of business saving is the increase in net worth shown on a balance sheet. Total national saving is measured as the excess of national income over consumption and taxes. Saving is important to economic progress because of its relation to investment: an increase in productive wealth requires that some individuals must abstain from consuming their entire income and make their savings available for investment.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., n., & prep. --adj. (often in comb.) making economical use of (labour-saving). --n. 1 anything that is saved. 2 an economy (a saving in expenses). 3 (usu. in pl.) money saved. --prep. 1 with the exception of; except (all saving that one). 2 without offence to (saving your presence). Phrases and idioms: saving clause Law a clause containing a stipulation of exemption etc. saving grace 1 the redeeming grace of God. 2 a redeeming quality or characteristic. savings account a deposit account. savings bank a bank receiving small deposits at interest and returning the profits to the depositors. savings certificate Brit. an interest-bearing document issued by the Government for the benefit of savers. Etymology: ME f. SAVE(1): prep. prob. f. SAVE(2) after touching

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Save Save, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saved; p. pr. & vb. n. Saving.] [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F. sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See Safe, a.] 1. To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames. God save all this fair company. --Chaucer. He cried, saying, Lord, save me. --Matt. xiv. 30. Thou hast . . . quitted all to save A world from utter loss. --Milton. 2. (Theol.) Specifically, to deliver from sin and its penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. --1 Tim. i. 15. 3. To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve. Now save a nation, and now save a groat. --Pope. 4. To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to prevent from doing something; to spare. I'll save you That labor, sir. All's now done. --Shak. 5. To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate the necessity of; to prevent; to spare. Will you not speak to save a lady's blush? --Dryden. 6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of. Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of merit. --Swift. To save appearances, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things. Syn: To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve; prevent.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Saving 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Saving 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Saving 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(savings) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A saving is a reduction in the amount of time or money that is used or needed. Fill in the form below and you will be making a saving of £6.60 on a one-year subscription. N-COUNT: usu with supp 2. Your savings are the money that you have saved, especially in a bank or a building society. Her savings were in the Post Office Savings Bank. N-PLURAL

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. 1. Preserving, sparing, redemptory. 2. Economical, frugal, sparing, thrifty, careful. 3. Reserving. II. prep. 1. With exception, excepting, in favor of. 2. Without disrespect to. III. n. Exception, reservation.

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