save : Idioms & Phrases

• noun time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time; widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings
  daylight savings; daylight saving; daylight-saving time.
  

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• noun time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time; widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings
  daylight savings; daylight saving; daylight-saving time.
  

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• noun time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time; widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings
  daylight savings; daylight saving; daylight-saving time.
  

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• noun time during which clocks are set one hour ahead of local standard time; widely adopted during summer to provide extra daylight in the evenings
  daylight savings; daylight saving; daylight-saving time.
  

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• noun a plan that allows employees to contribute to an investment pool managed the employer
  

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• noun an act that avoids a loss of face (of dignity or prestige)
  face saver.
  

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• adjective satellite maintaining dignity or prestige
  
  • a face-saving compromise

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• noun a federally chartered savings bank
  FSB.
  

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La"bor-sav`ing adjective

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1. Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, laborsaving machinery.

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Life"-sav`ing adjective

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1. That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station.

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• noun a state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees
  MSB.
  

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• noun a savings account in which deposits and withdrawals are recorded in the depositor's passbook
  

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• noun a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement
  retirement account; retirement program; pension plan; pension account; retirement plan; retirement savings account.
  

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• noun a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement
  retirement account; retirement program; pension plan; pension account; retirement plan; retirement savings account.
  

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• verb accumulate money for future use
  lay aside; save.
  
  • He saves half his salary

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• noun a receptacle for catching waste products for further use
  
• noun a sail set to catch wind spilled from a larger sail
  
• noun a net hung between ship and pier while loading a ship
  

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Save"-all` noun

Etymology

Save + all.

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1. Anything which saves fragments, or prevents waste or loss. Specifically: (a) A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so that they be burned. (b) (Naut.) A small sail sometimes set under the foot of another sail, to catch the wind that would pass under it. Totten. (c) A trough to prevent waste in a paper-making machine.

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• noun (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
  grace; state of grace.
  
  • the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin
  • it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church
  • the Virgin lived in a state of grace
• noun a redeeming quality or characteristic
  
  • her love of music remains her one saving grace
  • her sense of humor has to be a saving grace
  • the saving grace for both developments is that they are creating jobs

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• noun a bank account that accumulates interest
  

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• noun a savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetime; afterward the balance is payable to the previously named beneficiary
  Totten trust; savings account trust; trustee account; trust account.
  

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• noun a thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgages
  savings and loan.
  

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• noun a thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgages
  savings and loan.
  

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• noun a thrift institution in the northeastern United States; since deregulation in the 1980s they offer services competitive with many commercial banks
  
• noun a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home
  coin bank; money box; bank.
  
  • the coin bank was empty

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• noun a savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetime; afterward the balance is payable to the previously named beneficiary
  Totten trust; savings account trust; trustee account; trust account.
  

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• noun non-negotiable government bond; cannot be bought and sold once the original purchase is made
  

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• . Economize and save the money not spent.

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• to preserve a decent outside; to avoid exposure of a discreditable state of things.

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• to preserve a fair outward show.

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• to save one's self or property from harm or less. Colloq.

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