saving Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an act of economizing; reduction in cost
    economy.
    • it was a small economy to walk to work every day
    • there was a saving of 50 cents
  2. noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
    delivery; rescue; deliverance.
    • work is the deliverance of mankind
    • a surgeon's job is the saving of lives
  3. noun the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
    preservation.
  4. verb save from ruin, destruction, or harm
    save; relieve; salvage; salve.
  5. verb to keep up and reserve for personal or special use
    preserve; save.
    • She saved the old family photographs in a drawer
  6. verb bring into safety
    bring through; save; carry through; pull through.
    • We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack
  7. verb spend less; buy at a reduced price
    save.
  8. verb accumulate money for future use
    lay aside; save; save up.
    • He saves half his salary
  9. verb make unnecessary an expenditure or effort
    save; make unnecessary.
    • This will save money
    • I'll save you the trouble
    • This will save you a lot of time
  10. verb save from sins
    redeem; save; deliver.
  11. verb refrain from harming
    save; spare.
  12. verb spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
    economize; save; economise.
    • This move will save money
    • The less fortunate will have to economize now
  13. verb retain rights to
    save; keep; hold open; keep open.
    • keep my job for me while I give birth
    • keep my seat, please
    • keep open the possibility of a merger
  14. verb record data on a computer
    write; save.
    • boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk
  15. adjective satellite bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
    redemptive; redeeming.
    • saving faith
    • redemptive (or redeeming) love
  16. adjective satellite characterized by thriftiness
    • wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow

WordNet

Sav"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. 1. Preserving; rescuing.
    He is the saving strength of his anointed. Ps. xxviii. 8.
  2. Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.
  3. 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.
  4. Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause. ✍ saving is often used with a noun to form a compound adjective; as, labor-saving, life-saving, etc.
Sav"ing preposition ∨ conjunction but properly adjective participle
Definitions
  1. With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to. "Saving your reverence." Shak. "Saving your presence." Burns.
    None of us put off clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. Neh. iv. 23.
    And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. Rev. ii. 17.
Sav"ing noun
Definitions
  1. Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.
  2. Exception; reservation.
    Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty. L'Estrange.

Webster 1913