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Saving
//ˈsæɪ.vɪŋ// adj, noun, prep, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
- 2 Preserving; rescuing.
"He is the saving strength of his anointed."
- 3 Thrifty; frugal.
"a saving cook"
- 4 Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
"a saving bargain"
- 5 Making reservation or exception.
"a saving clause"
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- 6 Relating to making a saving. in-compounds
"labour-saving"
Adjective
- 1 bringing about salvation or redemption from sin wordnet
- 2 characterized by thriftiness wordnet
Noun
- 1 A reduction in cost or expenditure. countable, uncountable
"The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent."
- 2 recovery or preservation from loss or danger wordnet
- 3 Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future. countable, plural-normally
"I invested all my savings in gold."
- 4 an act of economizing; reduction in cost wordnet
- 5 The action of the verb to save. uncountable
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- 6 the activity of protecting something from loss or danger wordnet
- 7 Exception; reservation. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"saving and transitional provisions"
Preposition
- 1 With the exception of; except; save.
"And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it."
- 2 Without disrespect to.
"I should be ruled by the fiend, who, saving your reverence, is the devil himself."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of save form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
Etymology 1
From save + -ing.
Etymology 2
From save + -ing.
Etymology 3
From save + -ing.
Etymology 4
From save + -ing.
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