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sav⋅ing

  [sey-ving]
Use saving in a Sentence
–adjective
1. tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.
2. compensating; redeeming: a saving sense of humor.
3. thrifty; economical: a saving housekeeper.
4. making a reservation: a saving clause.
–noun
5. a reduction or lessening of expenditure or outlay: a saving of 10 percent.
6. something that is saved.
7. savings, sums of money saved by economy and laid away.
8. Law. a reservation or exception.
–preposition
9. except: Nothing remains saving these ruins.
10. with all due respect to or for: saving your presence.
–conjunction
11. except; save.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see save 1 , -ing 2 , -ing 1

Related forms:
sav⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. restoring, redemptory, qualifying.
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save

1  [seyv] verb, saved, sav⋅ing, noun
–verb (used with object)
1. to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss: to save someone from drowning.
2. to keep safe, intact, or unhurt; safeguard; preserve: God save the king.
3. to keep from being lost: to save the game.
4. to avoid the spending, consumption, or waste of: to save fuel.
5. to keep, as for reuse: to save leftovers for tomorrow's dinner.
6. to set aside, reserve, or lay by: to save money.
7. to treat carefully in order to reduce wear, fatigue, etc.: to save one's eyes by reading under proper light.
8. to prevent the occurrence, use, or necessity of; obviate: to come early in order to save waiting.
9. Theology. to deliver from the power and consequences of sin.
10. Computers. to copy (a file) from RAM onto a disk or other storage medium.
11. Sports. to stop (a ball or puck) from entering one's goal.
–verb (used without object)
12. to lay up money as the result of economy or thrift.
13. to be economical in expenditure.
14. to preserve something from harm, injury, loss, etc.
15. to admit of being kept without spoiling, as food.
–noun
16. an act or instance of saving, esp. in sports.
17. Baseball. a statistical credit given a relief pitcher for preserving a team's victory by holding its lead in a game.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME sa(u)ven < OF sauver < LL salvāre to save; see safe

Related forms:
sav⋅a⋅ble, save⋅a⋅ble, adjective
sav⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, save⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
saver, noun

Synonyms:
1. salvage. 6. store up, husband. 12. economize, hoard.
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save 1   (sāv)   
v.   saved, sav·ing, saves

v.   tr.

    1. To rescue from harm, danger, or loss.

    2. To set free from the consequences of sin; redeem.

    3. To avoid spending (money) so as to keep or accumulate it.

    4. To avoid spending (money or time) in an amount less than what circumstances normally require: saved $25 at the sale; saved 15 minutes by taking a shortcut.

    5. Sports To prevent (a goal) from being scored by an opponent.

    6. To preserve a victory in (a game).

    7. Baseball To preserve (another pitcher's win) by protecting one's team's lead during a stint of relief pitching.

  2. To keep in a safe condition; safeguard.

  3. To prevent the waste or loss of; conserve.

    1. To avoid spending (money) so as to keep or accumulate it.

    2. To avoid spending (money or time) in an amount less than what circumstances normally require: saved $25 at the sale; saved 15 minutes by taking a shortcut.

    3. Sports To prevent (a goal) from being scored by an opponent.

    4. To preserve a victory in (a game).

    5. Baseball To preserve (another pitcher's win) by protecting one's team's lead during a stint of relief pitching.

  5. To set aside for future use; store.

  6. To treat with care by avoiding fatigue, wear, or damage; spare: save one's eyesight.

  7. To make unnecessary; obviate: Your taking the trunk to the attic has saved me an extra trip.

    1. Sports To prevent (a goal) from being scored by an opponent.

    2. To preserve a victory in (a game).

    3. Baseball To preserve (another pitcher's win) by protecting one's team's lead during a stint of relief pitching.

  9. Computer Science To copy (a file) from a computer's main memory to a storage medium.

v.   intr.

  1. To avoid waste or expense; economize.

  2. To accumulate money: saving for a vacation.

  3. To preserve a person or thing from harm or loss.

n.  

  1. Sports An act that prevents an opponent from scoring.

  2. Baseball A preservation by a relief pitcher of another pitcher's win.


[Middle English saven, from Old French sauver, from Late Latin salvāre, from Latin salvus, safe; see sol- in Indo-European roots.]
sav'a·ble, save'a·ble adj., sav'er n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean freeing a person or thing from danger, evil, confinement, or servitude. Save is the most general: The smallpox vaccine has saved many lives. A police officer saved the tourist from being cheated.
Rescue usually implies saving from immediate harm or danger by direct action: rescue a rare manuscript from a fire.
Reclaim can mean to bring a person back, as from error to virtue or to right or proper conduct: "To reclaim me from this course of life was the sole cause of his journey to London" (Henry Fielding).
To redeem is to free someone from captivity or the consequences of sin or error; the term can imply the expenditure of money or effort: The price for redeeming the hostages was extortionate.
Deliver applies to liberating people from something such as misery, peril, error, or evil: "consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them" (George Washington).
sav·ing   (sā'vĭng)   
n.  

  1. Rescue from harm, danger, or loss.

  2. Avoidance of excess expenditure; economy.

  3. A reduction in expenditure or cost.

  4. Something saved.

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

    2. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

save  (v.)
c.1225, "to deliver (one's soul) from sin and its consequences;" c.1250, "to deliver or rescue from peril," from O.Fr. sauver, from L.L. salvare "make safe, secure," from L. salvus "safe" (see safe (adj.)). Meaning "store up, to keep instead of spending" is attested from 1362; savings "money hoarded up" is from 1737; savings bank is 1817 (S & L for savings and loan attested from 1951). Save face (1898) first was used among the British community in China and is said to be from Chinese; it has not been found in Chinese, but tiu lien "to lose face" does occur. To not (do something) to save one's life is recorded from 1848. Phrase saved by the bell (1932) is from boxing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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