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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