Saving

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1. Verb form

of Save

2. Adjective

Preserving; rescuing.

3. Adjective

Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.

4. Adjective

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.

5. Adjective

Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.

6. Unclassified

With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to.

7. Noun

Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.

8. Noun

Exception; reservation.

9. Noun

an act of economizing; reduction in cost; "it was a small economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving of 50 cents"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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