saving

[savĀ·ing]

Recovery or preservation from loss or danger

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1. Preserving; rescuing.

Noun
recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon''s job is the saving of lives"

Noun
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"

Noun
the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

Adjective S.
characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Save

a.
Preserving; rescuing.

a.
Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.

a.
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.

a.
Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.

participle
With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to.

n.
Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.

n.
Exception; reservation.


Saving

Sav"ing , a. 1. Preserving; rescuing.
He is the saving strength of his anointed.
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. &hand; saving is often used with a noun to form a compound adjective; as, labor-saving, life-saving, etc.

Saving

Sav"ing , prep. ∨ conj.; but properly a participle. 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.
And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

Saving

Sav"ing, n. 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.
Savings bank, a bank in which savings or earnings are deposited and put at interest.

1. Preserving; rescuing.

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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Usage Examples

A rise in the level of saving can reduce aggregate activity temporarily but only a sustained high level of saving makes it possible to have the sustained high level of business investment that contributes to the long-run growth of output.

Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word.

I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only we've got to translate that into what's in it for us.

A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate.

Christ does not save us by acting a parable of divine love he acts the parable of divine love by saving us. That is the Christian faith.

I don't feel I was ever a 'famous' child actor. I was just a working actor who happened to be a kid. I was never really in a hit show until I was a teenager with West Wing playing First Daughter Zoey Bartlet. In a way, that was my saving grace - not being a star on a hit show. It kept me working and kept me grounded.

I taped my first series for PBS in 1982 at WJCT-TV in Jacksonville, Florida. The show, called 'Everyday Cooking with Jacques Pepin,' was about saving time and money in the kitchen - and it was a celebration of simple and unpretentious food.

I remember the first pangs of stress arriving at the end of school. Once I graduated I had to get a full-time job, worry about health insurance, saving money, paying rent - things I'd never thought about before.

Every day, families in the United States face the stark choice between a roof over their heads and food on the table. Buying health insurance, owning a home, and saving up for college are just too far out of their reach.

I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand that Haiti does not need clever Americans with newly contrived schemes for saving their country.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

Helping someone come to a saving knowledge of Christ is the greatest achievement possible.

I met a lot of young girls modelling and they were like, 'Oh, I'm running around town and people are taking my picture', while I was saving receipts and learning how to be self-employed.

If saving money is wrong, I don't want to be right!

If you are worried about job security and do not have an adequate emergency fund (ideally eight months' worth of living expenses stashed away in a federally insured bank or credit union), you need to focus more on saving money than paying down the balance on your credit cards.

I practice and work hard at my music, but I'm not saving lives here.

Conserving energy and thus saving money, reducing consumption of unnecessary products and packaging and shifting to a clean-energy economy would likely hurt the bottom line of polluting industries, but would undoubtedly have positive effects for most of us.

As long as women are in the work force making their own money and decisions, men are going to have to realize that this way of life is here to stay - because it takes two incomes to make it and more now. The sooner you address your style of saving and spending with your mate the better off your relationship will be.

I sort of feel that climate change will be solved by science. I just feel instinctively that we will find a way of saving ourselves. But I am less confident that we won't destroy ourselves in other ways.

I don't find acting to be a particularly noble way to make a living. I'm not saving anybody's life, I'm not a teacher, I'm not working for UNICEF. I don't think I'm some big deal.

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