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单词 savings and loan association
释义

save /sāv/

transitive verb
  1. To rescue
  2. To bring or keep out of danger
  3. To bring safely out of evil
  4. To protect
  5. To preserve
  6. To prevent or avoid the loss, expenditure, or performance of, or the gain of by an opponent
  7. To reserve
  8. To spare
  9. To deliver from the power of sin and from its consequences
  10. To be economical in the use of
  11. To hoard
  12. To (enter an instruction to) store (data) on a tape or disk (computing)
  13. To prevent (a goal) from being scored
  14. To obviate, to prevent
  15. To be in time for (eg the post; archaic)
intransitive verb
  1. To be economical
  2. To reserve esp money for future use
  3. To act as a saviour
preposition

Except

conjunction
  1. Were it not that
  2. Unless
noun
  1. An act of saving, esp in games
  2. An instance by a relief pitcher of successfully preserving a narrow lead at the end of a game (baseball)
  3. A computer instruction to save material onto a tape or disk
ORIGIN: Fr sauver, from L salvāre, from salvus safe

savˈable adjective

savˈableness noun

saved adjective

saˈver noun

saˈving adjective

  1. Protecting
  2. Preserving
  3. Redeeming
  4. Securing salvation (theology)
  5. Frugal
  6. Making a reservation (esp law)
  7. Directed towards the avoidance of loss rather than the making of profit
preposition

Excepting

noun
  1. The action of the verb
  2. Something which is saved
  3. (in pl) money laid aside for future use
  4. A reservation (law)

saˈvingly adverb

saˈvingness noun

saveˈ-all noun

  1. A contrivance intended to save anything from being wasted or damaged
  2. A pinafore or overall (dialect)
  3. A miser

adjective

Stingy

save as you earn noun

A government-operated savings scheme in which regular deductions are made from one's earnings (abbrev SAYE)

saveˈgard transitive verb (Spenser)

To guard, protect

saving clause noun

A legal clause, or a statement, in which a reservation or condition is made

saving game noun

A policy or procedure aimed rather at avoiding loss than at making a profit

saving grace see under grace

savings and loan association noun (US)

A building society

savings bank noun

A bank established to encourage thrift by taking small deposits, investing under regulations for safety, and giving compound interest

savings certificate noun

A certificate of having invested a sum of money in government funds, the investment being free of income tax and capital gains tax

savings ratio noun

The percentage of disposable income that is saved in an economy

save appearances

  1. To keep up an appearance of wealth, comfort, consistency, harmony, propriety, etc
  2. To make hypothesis agree with observation (astronomy, Milton)

save (some)one's bacon, save one's face, save one's neck, save one's skin, save the mark see under bacon, face, neck, skin and mark1

save up

To accumulate or hold for some purpose by refraining from spending or using

save you (archaic)

A greeting, God keep you

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