SAVING
\sˈe͡ɪvɪŋ], \sˈeɪvɪŋ], \s_ˈeɪ_v_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of SAVING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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"
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bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love"
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characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow
By Princeton University
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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"
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bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love"
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characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Preserving; rescuing.
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Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.
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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.
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Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.
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Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.
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Exception; reservation.
By Oddity Software
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Preserving; rescuing.
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Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.
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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.
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Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.
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Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.
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Exception; reservation.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Disposed to save or be economical: incurring no loss, preserving from wrong: (theol.) securing salvation.
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SAVINGLY.
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SAVINGNESS.
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That which is saved:-pl. earnings.
By Daniel Lyons
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SAVINGLY.
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SAVINGNESS.
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Redeeming; economical; qualifying.
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Preservation; redemption.
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Economy.
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Sums laid away.
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With the exception of; save.
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Without disrespect to.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. Exception; reservation; - escape from expense; something preserved from being spent;-economy in expenditure; frugality;- pl. money laid by; sums saved by frugality or parsimony; earning or gains accumulated from day to day by industry and carefulness.
