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"
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