SAVING

Saving

Saving is income not spent, or deferred consumption. Methods of saving include putting money aside in a bank or pension plan. Saving also includes reducing expenditures, such as recurring costs. In terms of personal finance, saving specifies low-risk preservation of money, as in a deposit account, versus investment, wherein risk is higher.

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saving

Noun

  1. A reduction in cost or expenditure.
    The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.
  2. Something (usually money) that is saved.
    I invested all my savings in gold.
  3. The action of the verb to save.
  4. exception; reservation

Verb

saving

Adjective

  1. That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
  2. Preserving; rescuing.
  3. Thrifty; frugal.
    a saving cook
  4. Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
    a saving bargain
    The ship has made a saving voyage.
  5. Making reservation or exception.
    a saving clause


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