saving
Part of speech: noun
adj
prep
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: law
lifestyle
religion
theology
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *sl̥h₂-wós
Proto-Italic *salawos
Latin salvus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin salvō
Latin salvāre
Old French sauverbor.
Middle English saven
English save
English -ing
English saving
From save + -ing.
Inflected forms:
form: savings
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more saving
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most saving
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: A reduction in cost or expenditure.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.
This new yard will replace a group of out-of-date yards, and there will be an estimated net saving of £150,000 a year.
gloss: Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
pos: noun
tags: countable
plural-normally
examples: 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.
“Rather than writing off both jets as a loss … teams made a bold decision in 2022 to remove the nose from AF-27 and put it onto AF-211 to maximize savings and add back an operational aircraft to the fleet,” a report from the F-35 JPO said.
gloss: The action of the verb to save.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Exception; reservation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
examples: saving and transitional provisions
Tis Good Advice not to Contend with Thoſe that are too Strong for us, but ſtill with a ſaving to Honeſty and Juſtice, for the Integrity of the Mind must be ſupported againſt All Violence and Hazzards whatſoever.
gloss: That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
pos: adj
gloss: Preserving; rescuing.
pos: adj
examples: He is the saving strength of his anointed.
gloss: Thrifty; frugal.
pos: adj
examples: 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.
Three of her bairns were drowned at sea, fishing off the Bervie braes they had been, but the fourth, the boy Cospatric, him that died the same day as the Old Queen, he was douce and saving and sensible, and set putting the estate to rights.
gloss: Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
pos: adj
examples: a saving bargain
The ship has made a saving voyage.
gloss: Making reservation or exception.
pos: adj
examples: a saving clause
gloss: Relating to making a saving.
pos: adj
tags: in-compounds
examples: labour-saving
energy-saving light bulbs
gloss: Synonym of save (“except for”)
pos: prep
examples: And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
gloss: Without disrespect to.
pos: prep
examples: I should be ruled by the fiend, who, saving your reverence, is the devil himself.
Saving your presence.
Derived words: cost saving
daylight saving
daylight saving time
lifesaving
life savings
paradox of saving
saving throw
weight-saving
nonsaving
savingly
savingness
savingram
spaving
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