Definition of "saving"

saving

/ˈseɪv.ɪŋ/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural savings
1. A reduction in cost or expenditure.
2. (countable, usually in the plural) Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
3. (uncountable) The action of the verb to save.
4. (law, obsolete) Exception; reservation.
  Quotations
  Tis Good Advice not to Contend with Those that are too Strong for us, but still with a saving to Honesty and Justice
  1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […]
verb
1. present participle and gerund of save
adjective
comparative more saving, superlative most saving
1. (theology) That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
2. Preserving; rescuing.
  Quotations
  He is the saving strength of his anointed.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Psalms 28:8
3. Thrifty; frugal.
  Quotations
  Three of her bairns were drowned at sea, fishing off the Bervie braes they had been, but the fourth, the boy Cospatric, him that died the same day as the Old Queen, he was douce and saving and sensible, and set putting the estate to rights.
  1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 14
4. Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
5. Making reservation or exception.
6. (in compound adjectives) Relating to making a saving.
preposition
1. With the exception of; except; save.
  Quotations
  And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Revelation 2:17
2. Without disrespect to.
  Quotations
  I should be ruled by the fiend, who, saving your reverence, is the devil himself.
  c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene ii]
  Saving your presence.
  a. 1796, Robert Burns, The Carle of Kellyburn Braes

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