(n) a redeeming quality or characteristic, Example:her love of music remains her one saving grace; her sense of humor has to be a saving grace; the saving grace for both developments is that they are creating jobs

savings

(n) a fund of money put by as a reserve, Syn. nest egg

savings account

(n) a bank account that accumulates interest

savings account trust

(n) a savings account deposited by someone who makes themselves the trustee for a beneficiary and who controls it during their lifetime; afterward the balance is payable to the previously named beneficiary, Syn. trustee account, savings bank trust, Totten trust, trust account

savings and loan

(n) a thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgages, Syn. savings and loan association

savings bank

(n) a thrift institution in the northeastern United States; since deregulation in the 1980s they offer services competitive with many commercial banks

savings bank

(n) a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home, Syn. money box, bank, coin bank, Example:the coin bank was empty

savings bond

(n) non-negotiable government bond; cannot be bought and sold once the original purchase is made

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Saving

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. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Saving is often used with a noun to form a compound adjective; as, labor-saving, life-saving, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Saving

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, saving that every one put them off for washing. Neh. iv. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. Rev. ii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

Saving

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 with a saving to honesty. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

Savings bank, a bank in which savings or earnings are deposited and put at interest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Savingly

adv. 1. In a saving manner; with frugality or parsimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. So as to be finally saved from eternal death. [ 1913 Webster ]

Savingly born of water and the Spirit. Waterland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Savingness

n. 1. The quality of being saving; carefulness not to expend money uselessly; frugality; parsimony. Mrs. H. H. Jackson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tendency to promote salvation. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary DING DE-EN Dictionary

Einsparpotenzial { n }; Einsparpotential { n } [ alt ]

saving potential

Materialeinsparung { f }

saving in material

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