saving

About 15.53 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A reduction in cost or expenditure.

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

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

   I invested all my savings in gold.

3. noun The action of the verb to save.
4. noun Exception; reservation.

   saving and transitional provisions

5. verb present participle and gerund of save
6. adjective That saves someone from damnation; redemptive. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
7. adjective Preserving; rescuing.
8. adjective Thrifty; frugal.

Similar words

preserving preservation rescue deliverance redeeming redemptive delivery good thrifty economy

Often followed by

the of and in a is grace for to

Word family

savings