saving

sav·ing  (svng)

n.

1. Rescue from harm, danger, or loss.

2. Avoidance of excess expenditure; economy.

3. A reduction in expenditure or cost.

4. Something saved.

5.

a. savings Money saved: a bank account for savings.

b. savings (used with a sing. verb) Usage Problem An amount of money saved: a rebate that yielded a savings of $50.

6. Law An exception or reservation.

prep.

With the exception of.

conj.

Except; save.

Usage Note: Traditionalists state that one should use the form a saving when referring to an amount of money that is saved. Indeed, that is the form English speakers outside of the United States normally use. In the United States the plural form a savings is widely used with a singular verb (as in A savings of $50 is most welcome); nonetheless, 57 percent of the Usage Panel find it unacceptable.

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saving [ˈseɪvɪŋ]

adj

1. tending to save or preserve

2. redeeming or compensating (esp in the phrase saving grace)

3. thrifty or economical

4. (Law) Law denoting or relating to an exception or reservation a saving clause in an agreement

n

1. preservation or redemption, esp from loss or danger

2. economy or avoidance of waste

3. reduction in cost or expenditure a saving of 20p

4. anything saved

5. (plural) money saved for future use

6. (Law) Law an exception or reservation

prep

with the exception of

conj

except

savingly  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	saving - 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" economy action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" downsizing, retrenchment, curtailment - the reduction of expenditures in order to become financially stable economy of scale - the saving in cost of production that is due to mass production
	2.	saving - recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" deliverance, rescue, delivery recovery, retrieval - the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) lifesaving - saving the lives of drowning persons; "he took a course in lifesaving" redemption, salvation - (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil reclamation, reformation - rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the reclamation of delinquent children" salvage - the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire salvage - the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction salvation - saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation; "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern" search and rescue mission - a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them
	3.	saving - the activity of protecting something from loss or danger preservation environmentalism - the activity of protecting the environment from pollution or destruction protection - the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection" conservation - the preservation and careful management of the environment and of natural resources self-preservation - preservation of yourself from harm; a natural or instinctive tendency reservation - the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion immobilisation, immobilization - fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; "immobilization of the injured knee was necessary"
Adj.	1.	saving - bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love" redeeming, redemptive good - morally admirable
	2.	saving - characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow thrifty - careful and diligent in the use of resources

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saving

noun

economy, discount, reduction, bargain, cut Use these vouchers for some great savings on holidays

plural noun

nest egg, fund, store, reserves, resources, fall-back, provision for a rainy day Many people lost all their savings when the bank collapsed.

Translations

saving [ˈseɪvɪŋ]

A. N

1. (= putting aside) → ahorro m
a policy to encourage saving and investment → una política para fomentar el ahorro y la inversión
regular saving is the best provision for the future → ahorrar con regularidad es la mejor manera de hacer previsiones para el futuro

2. (= economy) → ahorro m
this price represents a saving of £100 → este precio supone un ahorro de 100 libras
we must make savings → tenemos que economizar or hacer economías
this ticket enables you to make a saving on standard rail fares → este billete le supondrá un ahorro con respecto a las tarifas de tren normales

3. savings → ahorros mpl
she has savings of £3,000 → sus ahorros suman 3.000 libras, tiene ahorradas 3.000 libras
life savings → los ahorros de toda una vida

B. ADJ saving grace: his only saving grace was that → lo único que lo salvaba era que ...

C. PREP (= apart from) → salvo, excepto

D. CPD savings account N → cuenta f de ahorros
savings and loan association N (US) → sociedad f de ahorro y préstamo
savings bank N → caja f de ahorros
savings bond N → bono m de ahorros
savings book N → cartilla f or libreta f de ahorros
savings certificate N → bono m de ahorros
savings stamp N → sello m de ahorros

saving [ˈseɪvɪŋ]

n → économie f savings

npl → économies fpl
to make savings → faire des économies
saving grace n
the saving grace of sb/sth → ce qui rachète qn/qch
His sense of humour is his saving grace → Il se rachète par son sens de l'humour.
savings account n (British) → compte m d'épargne (US) → compte m de dépôt
savings and loan association savings and loan n (US) → société f de crédit immobilier
savings bank n → caisse f d'épargne

saving

adj

(= redeeming) the one saving feature of the scheme → das einzig Gute an dem Plan, das Einzige, was für den Plan spricht; its/his saving grace → was einen damit/mit ihm versöhnt

→ sparsam; she’s not the saving sort → sie ist nicht gerade sparsam

saving clause → Sicherheitsklausel f, → einschränkende Klausel

n

no pl (= rescue, Rel) → Rettung f

no pl (of money) → Sparen nt; to encourage saving → zum Sparen ermutigen

(of cost etc, = act) → Einsparung f; (= amount saved) → Ersparnis f; how much of a saving is there? → wie viel wird eingespart?; we must make savings → wir müssen sparen; a considerable saving in time and money → eine beträchtliche Zeit- und Geldersparnis

savings pl → Ersparnisse pl; (in account) → Spareinlagen pl; post-office savings → Postsparguthaben nt

prep, conj = save²

saving [ˈseɪvɪŋ]

1. n (of time, money) saving of or in → risparmio di
to make savings → fare economia

2. savings npl (in bank) → risparmi mpl
life savings → i risparmi di tutta una vita
to live on or off one's savings → vivere dei propri risparmi

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saving [ˈseɪvɪŋ]

1. n (of time, money) saving of or in → risparmio di
to make savings → fare economia

2. savings npl (in bank) → risparmi mpl
life savings → i risparmi di tutta una vita
to live on or off one's savings → vivere dei propri risparmi