saving

/หˆseษชvษชล‹/

IPA: /S EY1 V IH0 NG/

verb
  1. 1

    To prevent harm or difficulty.

  2. 2

    To put aside, to avoid.

noun
  1. 1

    A reduction in cost or expenditure.

    โ€œThe shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.โ€

  2. 2

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

    โ€œI invested all my savings in gold.โ€

  3. 3

    The action of the verb to save.

  4. 4

    Exception; reservation

adjective
  1. 1

    That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.

  2. 2

    Preserving; rescuing.

  3. 3

    Thrifty; frugal.

    โ€œa saving cookโ€

  4. 4

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

    โ€œThe ship has made a saving voyage.โ€

  5. 5

    Making reservation or exception.

    โ€œa saving clauseโ€

  6. 6

    (in compound adjectives) relating to making a saving: e.g. labour-saving, energy-saving light bulbs.

preposition
  1. 1

    With the exception of; except; save.

  2. 2

    Without disrespect to.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/save, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/saving