saving
/หseษชvษชล/IPA: /S EY1 V IH0 NG/
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To prevent harm or difficulty.
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To put aside, to avoid.
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A reduction in cost or expenditure.
โThe shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.โ
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(usually in the plural) Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
โI invested all my savings in gold.โ
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The action of the verb to save.
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Exception; reservation
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That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
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Preserving; rescuing.
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Thrifty; frugal.
โa saving cookโ
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Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
โThe ship has made a saving voyage.โ
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Making reservation or exception.
โa saving clauseโ
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(in compound adjectives) relating to making a saving: e.g. labour-saving, energy-saving light bulbs.
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With the exception of; except; save.
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Without disrespect to.
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/save, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/saving