"saving" Definition

Definitions for the word "saving" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. p. pr. & vb. n.
of Save
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Preserving; rescuing.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. participle
With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
Exception; reservation.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. adj.
(often in comb.) Making economical use of (labour-saving). n. 1 anything that is saved. 2 an economy (a saving in expenses). 3 (usu. In pl.) Money saved. 4 act of preserving or rescuing. prep. 1 except. 2 without offence to (saving your presence).
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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