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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun saving has 3 senses
- saving(n = noun.act) economy - an act of economizing; reduction in cost; "it was a small economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving of 50 cents" is a kind of action
- saving(n = noun.act) deliverance, delivery, rescue - recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" is a kind of recovery, retrieval
- saving(n = noun.act) preservation - the activity of protecting something from loss or danger; has particulars: environmentalism, conservation, self-preservation, reservation, immobilisation, immobilization
has particulars: curtailment, downsizing, retrenchment, economy of scale
has particulars: lifesaving, redemption, salvation, reclamation, reformation, salvage, salvage, salvation, search and rescue mission
is a kind of protection
Adjective saving has 2 senses
- saving(s = adj.all) redeeming, redemptive - bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love"
- saving(s = adj.all) - characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"
CIDE DICTIONARY
saving, a.
- Preserving; rescuing. [1913 Webster]"He is the saving strength of his anointed." [1913 Webster]
- Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook. [1913 Webster]
- Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage. [1913 Webster]
- Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause. [1913 Webster]" Saving is often used with a noun to form a compound adjective;
as, labor- " [1913 Webster]saving , life-saving , etc.
saving, prep.
With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to. [1913 Webster]
"None of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing."
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"And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it."
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saving, n.
- Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy. [1913 Webster]
- Exception; reservation. [1913 Webster]"Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
saving, adj., n., & prep.
--adj. (often in comb.) making economical use of (labour-saving).
--n.
1 anything that is saved.
2 an economy (a saving in expenses).
3 (usu. in pl.) money saved.
--prep.
1 with the exception of; except (all saving that one).
2 without offence to (saving your presence).
--adj. (often in comb.) making economical use of (labour-saving).
--n.
1 anything that is saved.
2 an economy (a saving in expenses).
3 (usu. in pl.) money saved.
--prep.
1 with the exception of; except (all saving that one).
2 without offence to (saving your presence).
Idiom
saving clause Law a clause containing a stipulation of exemption etc. saving grace
1 the redeeming grace of God.
2 a redeeming quality or characteristic. savings account a deposit account. savings bank a bank receiving small deposits at interest and returning the profits to the depositors. savings certificate Brit. an interest-bearing document issued by the Government for the benefit of savers.
1 the redeeming grace of God.
2 a redeeming quality or characteristic. savings account a deposit account. savings bank a bank receiving small deposits at interest and returning the profits to the depositors. savings certificate Brit. an interest-bearing document issued by the Government for the benefit of savers.
Etymology
ME f. SAVE(1): prep. prob. f. SAVE(2) after touching