saving S₁A₁V₄I₁N₁G₂

Noun 3 meanings

1. A reduction in cost or expenditure.

   “The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.”

2. Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.

   “I invested all my savings in gold.”

3. The action of the verb to save.

Adjective 4 meanings

1. That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.

2. Preserving; rescuing.

3. Thrifty; frugal.

4. Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.

   “a saving bargain”

Preposition 2 meanings

1. Synonym of save (“except for”)

2. Without disrespect to.

Similar and opposite words

• BEING₈
• GOING₇
• SOMETHING₁₅
• DURING₈
• THING₉
• DOING₇
• HAVING₁₃
• GETTING₉
• LOOKING₁₂
• ANYTHING₁₅
• NOTHING₁₁
• EVERYTHING₂₀

• HAVING₁₃
• SAYING₁₀
• WAVING₁₃
• PAVING₁₂
• RAVING₁₀
• CAVING₁₂
• SAWING₁₀
• SATING₇
• LAVING₁₀
• SAVINE₉
• SARING₇
• SAFING₁₀
• SANING₇
• SAVINS₉