Meaning

A reduction in cost or expenditure..

Definitions by Sense

1. A reduction in cost or expenditure.
2. (countable, usually in the plural) Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
3. (uncountable) The action of the verb to save.
4. (law, obsolete) Exception; reservation.
5. present participle and gerund of save
6. (theology) That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
7. Preserving; rescuing.
8. Thrifty; frugal.

Example Sentences

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

This new yard will replace a group of out-of-date yards, and there will be an estimated net saving of £150,000 a year.

I invested all my savings in gold.

The collapse of Enron wiped out the life savings of many people, leaving them poor in their retirement.

“Rather than writing off both jets as a loss … teams made a bold decision in 2022 to remove the nose from AF-27 and put it onto AF-211 to maximize savings and add back an operational aircraft to the fleet,” a report from the F-35 JPO said.

saving and transitional provisions

Tis Good Advice not to Contend with Thoſe that are too Strong for us, but ſtill with a ſaving to Honeſty and Juſtice, for the Integrity of the Mind must be ſupported againſt All Violence and Hazzards whatſoever.

He is the saving strength of his anointed.

Word Forms

• savings
• more saving
• most saving

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Use saving when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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