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savings

[sey-ving]

sav·ing

[sey-ving]
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.

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Savings is always a great word to know.
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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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; Middle English; see save1, -ing2, -ing1

sav·ing·ly, adverb
non·sav·ing, adjective
un·sav·ing, adjective
un·sav·ing·ly, adverb


2. restoring, redemptory, qualifying.

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savings

noun
a fund of money put by as a reserve 
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