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

Noun

1. preservation from destruction or danger

2. a reduction in the amount of time or money used

3. savings money saved for future use

Adjective

tending to rescue or preserve

prep

with the exception of

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 1. economy, discount, reduction, bargain, cut

plural noun 2. nest egg, fund, store, reserves, resources, fall-back, provision for a rainy day

Translations

saving [ˈseɪvɪŋ] n (on price etc) → economía

adj the saving grace of → el único mérito de;

savings npl → ahorros mpl;

to make savings → economizar

saving [ˈseɪvɪŋ] n → économie f

adj the saving grace of → ce qui rachète;

savings npl → économies fpl;

to make savings → faire des économies

saving [ˈseɪvɪŋ] n (on price etc) → Ersparnis f

adj the saving grace of sth → das einzig Gute an etw dat;

savings npl (money) → Ersparnisse pl;

to make savings saving → sparen

saving [ˈseɪvɪŋ] n → risparmio

adj the saving grace of → l'unica cosa buona di;

savings npl → risparmi mpl;

to make savings → fare economia