saving

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Save Source: opted

2. a. Preserving; rescuing. Source: opted

3. a. Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook. Source: opted

4. a. 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. Source: opted

5. a. Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause. Source: opted

6. participle With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to. Source: opted

7. n. Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy. Source: opted

8. n. Exception; reservation. Source: opted

9. adj. bringing about salvation or redemption from sin Source: wordnet

10. adj. characterized by thriftiness Source: wordnet

11. n. an act of economizing; reduction in cost Source: wordnet

12. n. recovery or preservation from loss or danger Source: wordnet

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