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Meaning of 'saving'
Meaning of 'saving' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Saving 
[ a.]
- Preserving; rescuing. [ a.]- Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.
- 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.
- Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.
2. Saving [ n.]
- Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is
saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy. [ n.]- Exception; reservation.
3. Saving [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Save [ p. pr. & vb. n.]4. Saving [ participle]
- With the exception of; except; excepting; also,
without disrespect to. [ participle]Meaning of 'saving' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. saving [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- an act of economizing; reduction in cost
- an act of economizing; reduction in cost
Example in sentence:
- it was a small economy to walk to work every day;
- there was a saving of 50 cents
Meaning (2):
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
Example in sentence:
- a surgeon's job is the saving of lives;
- work is the deliverance of mankind
2. saving [ s]
[ s]Meaning (3):
- bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
- bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
Example in sentence:
- redemptive (or redeeming) love;
- saving faith
Meaning (4):
- characterized by thriftiness
- characterized by thriftiness
Example in sentence:
- wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution
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