Definitions for: Saving


[n] recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
[n] 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"
[n] the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
[adj] characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.


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.


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.

Synonyms: deliverance, delivery, economy, preservation, rescue, thrifty

See Also: action, conservation, curtailment, downsizing, economies of scale, embalmment, fixation, fixing, lifesaving, protection, reclamation, recovery, redemption, reformation, reservation, retrenchment, retrieval, salvage, salvation, search and rescue mission, self-preservation

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