saving
/ˈseɪvɪŋ
/noun
1An economy of or reduction in money, time, or another resource: this resulted in a considerable saving in development costs...
- The reduction for two is based on the saving in postage costs.
- All this means that eliminating tuition is a real financial possibility, given the saving in administration and financial assistance that would result.
- For example, if an engineer constructed a project overall within budget and made a saving in nine out of ten items within the bill, he received no bonus or award.
Synonyms
reduction, cut, decrease, economy
economizing, economy, frugality, thrift, thriftiness, retrenchment, cutting back, belt-tightening, penny-pinching;
carefulness, prudence
2 (usually one's savings) The money one has saved, especially through a bank or official scheme: the agents were cheating them out of their life savings...
- Some who have followed this route have lost not only their redundancy money but their life savings.
- Folks got more and more greedy, throwing their life savings and retirement money into the market.
- Pension holders risk losing their life savings if their employer goes bust, the pensions advisory service has warned.
Synonyms
nest egg, money put by for a rainy day, life savings;
capital, assets, funds, resources, reserves
3 Law A reservation; an exception.Special savings apply to protect chemists and dentists from this prohibition....
- None of these savings is relevant to Miss Robinson's case.
adjective [in combination]
Preventing waste of a particular resource: innovative money-saving ideas for students
preposition
1With the exception of; except.
2 archaic With due respect to.
Origin
Middle English: from save1; the preposition probably from save2, on the pattern of touching.