Sekirov Dictionary

saving

/ˈseɪ.vɪŋ/

adjective 6
noun 4
preposition 2
forms 3

adjective6

That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
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Preserving; rescuing.
- He is the saving strength of his anointed. — 1611
•
Thrifty; frugal.
- Hutchins has been a saving man all his life, and he has received good wages. Among his class he is regarded as wealthy. I daresay that he has five hundred pounds in the bank. — 1914
•
[in compounds] Relating to making a saving.
- energy-saving light bulbs
Making reservation or exception.
•
Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
- The ship has made a saving voyage.

noun4

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A reduction in cost or expenditure.
- The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.
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[usually plural] Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
- I invested all my savings in gold.
- The collapse of Enron wiped out the life savings of many people, leaving them poor in their retirement.
The action of the verb to save.
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Exception; reservation.
- saving and transitional provisions

preposition2

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Without disrespect to.
- I should be ruled by the fiend, who, saving your reverence, is the devil himself. — 1596
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Synonym of save (“except for”)
- And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. — 1611

forms

savings · more saving · most saving

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