Definition of Saving

  • (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.
  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Save

Antonyms of Saving


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Homophones of Saving


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