saving

saving: noun

1 amount not used or wasted

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, considerable, great, huge, major, significant, substantial

▪ estimated, potential, projected

▪ The potential savings are enormous.

▪ total

▪ net

▪ cost, financial

▪ efficiency (BrE)

▪ energy, fuel, power

▪ the advantages of energy saving

VERB + SAVING

▪ find, identify (esp. BrE)

▪ We need to find savings of around €30 million.

▪ mean, represent, result in

▪ For a family of four this can mean a saving of around $500.

▪ deliver, generate, give (sb), offer (sb), produce, yield

▪ This smart new design offers considerable savings in fuel efficiency.

▪ achieve, make, realize

▪ We need to see where financial savings can be made.

▪ increase

▪ pass on

▪ We will pass on this saving to our customers.

▪ offset

▪ Crushing fuel costs are offsetting other savings.

SAVING + VERB

▪ come from sth, result from sth

▪ The major savings come from reduced costs.

PREPOSITION

▪ saving for

▪ a saving for club members

▪ saving from

▪ savings from the use of the new technology

▪ saving in

▪ a significant saving in energy costs

▪ saving of

▪ average savings of 30%

▪ saving on

▪ You can have all the benefits of membership while making a big saving on price.

▪ saving to

▪ This represents a saving to businesses of about £175 million a year.

▪ with a saving

▪ This was done, with a saving of 40% in staff costs.

2 savings money saved in a bank, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ life, pension, retirement

▪ household (esp. AmE), personal, private

▪ long-term

VERB + SAVINGS

▪ have

▪ I don't have any savings.

▪ invest

▪ put

▪ My grandfather refused to put his savings in the bank.

▪ take out, withdraw

▪ dip into

▪ boost, build up, increase

▪ I was determined to build up some savings.

▪ spend, use, use up

▪ live off, live on

▪ She lost her job and had to live on her savings.

▪ lose

▪ The couple lost their entire life savings on the venture.

▪ wipe out

▪ The war had wiped out the family savings.

SAVINGS + VERB

▪ grow

SAVINGS + NOUN

▪ account, bank

▪ bond, certificate (BrE)

▪ plan, product (BrE), scheme (BrE), vehicle

▪ rate

▪ ratio (esp. BrE)

PHRASES

▪ access to your savings

▪ The card gives you instant access to your savings.

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Synonyms:

Preserving, sparing, redemptory, With exception, excepting, in favor of / Economical, frugal, sparing, thrifty, careful, Without disrespect to, Exception, reservation / Reserving

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saving — sav‧ing [ˈseɪvɪŋ] noun 1. [uncountable] FINANCE the act of keeping money to use later rather than spending it: • We want to encourage saving and investment. 2. [countable usually singular] FINANCE an amount of something that you have not used or… … Financial and business terms
Saving — Sav ing, a. 1. Preserving; rescuing. [1913 Webster] He is the saving strength of his anointed. Ps. xxviii. 8. [1913 Webster] 2. Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook. [1913 Webster] 3 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Saving — Sav ing (s[=a]v [i^]ng), prep. or conj.; but properly a participle. With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to. Saving your reverence. Shak. Saving your presence. Burns. [1913 Webster] None of us put off our clothes,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
saving — saving1 [sā′viŋ] adj. that saves; specif., a) rescuing; preserving b) economizing or economical c) containing an exception; making a reservation [a saving clause] d) compensating; redeeming [a saving grace] n … English World dictionary
-saving — [ seıvıŋ ] suffix used with some nouns to make adjectives meaning spending less, or using less of something: money saving advice energy saving methods … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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Saving — Sav ing, n. 1. Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy. [1913 Webster] 2. Exception; reservation. [1913 Webster] Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
saving — ► NOUN 1) an economy of or reduction in money, time, etc. 2) (savings) money saved. ► ADJECTIVE (in combination ) ▪ preventing waste of a particular resource: energy saving . ► PREPOSITION 1) except. 2) … English terms dictionary
saving — index conservation, economical, economy (frugality), hoard, penurious, preservation, provident (frugal … Law dictionary
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