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View synonyms for saving

saving

[ sey-ving ]

adjective

  1. tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.
  2. compensating; redeeming:

    a saving sense of humor.

    Synonyms: redemptory

  3. thrifty; economical:

    a saving housekeeper.

  4. making a reservation:

    a saving clause.



noun

  1. a reduction or lessening of expenditure or outlay:

    a saving of 10 percent.

  2. something that is saved. save.
  3. savings, sums of money saved save by economy and laid away.
  4. Law. a reservation or exception.

preposition

  1. except:

    Nothing remains saving these ruins.

  2. with all due respect to or for:

    saving your presence.

conjunction

  1. except; save.

saving

/ ˈseɪvɪŋ /

adjective

  1. tending to save or preserve
  2. redeeming or compensating (esp in the phrase saving grace )
  3. thrifty or economical
  4. law denoting or relating to an exception or reservation

    a saving clause in an agreement



noun

  1. preservation or redemption, esp from loss or danger
  2. economy or avoidance of waste
  3. reduction in cost or expenditure

    a saving of 100 dollars

  4. anything saved
  5. plural money saved for future use
  6. law an exception or reservation

preposition

  1. with the exception of

conjunction

  1. except

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Derived Forms

  • ˈsavingly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • saving·ly adverb
  • non·saving adjective
  • un·saving adjective
  • un·saving·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of saving1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; save 1, -ing 2, -ing 1

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Example Sentences

Just another example of a guy in a John B. Stetson hat saving the day.

Can we provide better services to millions more Americans while actually saving billions of dollars?

Now, the goalkeeper is out with a memoir about his life until that point: The Keeper: A Life of Saving Goals and Achieving Them.

But it remains a moral crime to vilify good cops who have made the city safe, saving thousands of lives.

We thanked them on stage for saving our asses and supporting indie music.

The carrying of these heavy government debts is a question of the future production of goods, of commerce, and of saving.

Steam machinery would accomplish more than nine-tenths of all the work, besides saving the expense of all the powder.

I think it is better to make them ourselves, for if we do not, some others will, for there must be a saving of coal by condensing.

Tom pitched forward heavily, saving himself and his animal from an ignominious accident just in the nick of time.

So I put on my life-saving waistcoat and blew it out; clapped my new gas-mask on my head and entered.

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