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Definition of "saving"

saving

Từ điển Collocation

saving noun

¹ amount not used or wasted

ADJ. big, considerable, great, major, significant, substantial | estimated, expected, possible, potential The potential savings are enormous. | overall, total | actual, net | cost, financial | energy, fuel the advantages of energy saving

VERB + SAVING add up to, give (sb), mean, represent, result in For a family of four this can mean a saving of around £500. | offer (sb) This design offers considerable savings in fuel efficiency. | achieve, make We need to see where financial savings can be made. | pass on We will pass on this saving to our customers.

SAVING + VERB come from sth, result from sth The major savings come from reduced labour costs.

PREP. with a ~ This was done, with a saving of 40% in staff costs. | ~ for a saving for club members | ~ from savings from the use of the new technology | ~ in a significant saving in energy costs | ~ on You can have all the benefits of membership while making a big saving on price. | ~ to This represents a saving to British business of about £175 million a year.

² savings: money saved in a bank, etc.

ADJ. small | long-term | life | personal, private

VERB + SAVING have I haven't got any savings. | invest | deposit, put My grandfather refused to put his savings in the bank. | take out, withdraw | break into, dip into | tie up You get higher interest if you agree to tie up your savings for a long period. | build up I was determined to build up some savings. | spend, use (up) | live on She lost her job and had to live on her savings. | lose The couple lost their entire life savings on the venture.

SAVING + VERB grow

SAVING + NOUN account, bank | certificate | plan, scheme

PHRASES access to your savings The card gives you instant access to your savings.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• an act of economizing; reduction in cost; economy

  it was a small economy to walk to work every day

  there was a saving of 50 cents

• recovery or preservation from loss or danger; rescue, deliverance, delivery

  work is the deliverance of mankind

  a surgeon's job is the saving of lives

• the activity of protecting something from loss or danger; preservation

adj.

• bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; redemptive, redeeming(a), saving(a)

  saving faith

  redemptive (or redeeming) love

• characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow

n.

• (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring

  the goalie made a brilliant save

  the relief pitcher got credit for a save

v.

• save from ruin, destruction, or harm; salvage, salve, relieve
• to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; preserve

  She saved the old family photographs in a drawer

• bring into safety; carry through, pull through, bring through

  We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack

• spend less; buy at a reduced price
• feather one's nest; have a nest egg; lay aside, save up

  He saves half his salary

• make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; make unnecessary

  This will save money

  I'll save you the trouble

  This will save you a lot of time

• save from sins; deliver, redeem
• refrain from harming; spare
• spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; economize, economise

  This move will save money

  The less fortunate will have to economize now

• retain rights to; keep open, hold open, keep

  keep my job for me while I give birth

  keep my seat, please

  keep open the possibility of a merger

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

savings
syn.: deliverance delivery economy preservation redeeming(a) redemptive rescue saving(a)saves|saved|saving
syn.: accumulate conserve economize gather keep maintain preserve protect recover redeem rescue reserve retrieve salvage scrimp store
ant.: waste