saving
noun
[ ˈseɪvɪŋ ]
• an economy of or reduction in money, time, or another resource.
• "this resulted in a considerable saving in development costs"
Similar:
reduction,
cut,
decrease,
economy,
economizing,
frugality,
thrift,
thriftiness,
retrenchment,
cutting back,
belt-tightening,
penny-pinching,
carefulness,
prudence,
• the money one has saved, especially through a bank or official scheme.
• "the agents were cheating them out of their life savings"
Similar:
nest egg,
money put by for a rainy day,
life savings,
capital,
assets,
funds,
resources,
reserves,
• a reservation; an exception.
saving
adjective
• preventing waste of a particular resource.
• "innovative money-saving ideas for students"
saving
preposition
• with the exception of; except.
• with due respect to.
Origin:
Middle English: from save1; the preposition probably from save2, on the pattern of touching .
save
verb
• keep safe or rescue (someone or something) from harm or danger.
• "they brought him in to help save the club from bankruptcy"
Similar:
rescue,
come to someone's rescue,
save someone's life,
come to someone's aid,
set free,
free,
liberate,
deliver,
extricate,
snatch,
bail out,
bring off,
save someone's bacon,
save someone's neck,
save someone's skin,
preserve,
keep safe,
keep,
protect,
safeguard,
guard,
conserve,
salvage,
retrieve,
reclaim,
• keep and store up (something, especially money) for future use.
• "she had never been able to save much from her salary"
Similar:
put aside,
set aside,
lay aside,
put by,
put to one side,
lay by,
keep,
retain,
reserve,
keep in reserve,
conserve,
stockpile,
store,
hoard,
save for a rainy day,
keep for future use,
put in a safe place,
collect,
amass,
set by,
salt away,
squirrel away,
stash away,
hang on to,
Opposite:
waste,
fritter away,
use up,
• keep (data) by moving a copy to a storage location.
• "save the instructions to a new file"
• avoid the need to use up or spend (money, time, or other resources).
• "save £20 on a new camcorder"
Similar:
economize,
be (more) economical,
make economies,
scrimp,
scrimp and scrape,
be thrifty,
be frugal,
tighten one's belt,
cut back,
make cutbacks,
budget,
retrench,
husband one's resources,
cut costs,
cut expenditure,
draw in one's horns,
watch one's pennies,
pinch pennies,
rake and scrape,
Opposite:
spend,
be extravagant,
• prevent an opponent from scoring (a goal or point) in a game or from winning (the game).
• "the powerful German saved three match points"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French sauver, from late Latin salvare, from Latin salvus ‘safe’. The noun dates from the late 19th century.
