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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Save \Save\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saved; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Saving.] [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F.
     sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See Safe, a.]
     1. To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from
        injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from
        impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              God save all this fair company.       --Chaucer.
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              He cried, saying, Lord, save me.      --Matt. xiv.
                                                    30.
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              Thou hast . . . quitted all to save
              A world from utter loss.              --Milton.
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     2. (Theol.) Specifically, to deliver from sin and its
        penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and
        spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life.
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              Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
                                                    --1 Tim. i.
                                                    15.
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     3. To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or
        expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
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              Now save a nation, and now save a groat. --Pope.
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     4. To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to
        prevent from doing something; to spare.
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              I'll save you
              That labor, sir. All's now done.      --Shak.
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     5. To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate
        the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.
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              Will you not speak to save a lady's blush? --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
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              Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of
              merit.                                --Swift.
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     To save appearances, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid
        exposure of a discreditable state of things.
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     Syn: To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve;
          prevent.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Saving \Sav"ing\, a.
     1. Preserving; rescuing.
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              He is the saving strength of his anointed. --Ps.
                                                    xxviii. 8.
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     2. Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish
        or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.
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     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.
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     4. Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Saving is often used with a noun to form a compound
           adjective; as, labor-saving, life-saving, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Saving \Sav"ing\ (s[=a]v"[i^]ng), 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.
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           None of us put off our clothes, saving that every one
           put them off for washing.                --Neh. iv. 23.
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           And in the stone a new name written, which no man
           knoweth saving he that receiveth it.     --Rev. ii. 17.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Saving \Sav"ing\, 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.
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              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.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Save \Save\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saved; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Saving.] [OE. saven, sauven, salven, OF. salver, sauver, F.
     sauver, L. salvare, fr. salvus saved, safe. See Safe, a.]
     1. To make safe; to procure the safety of; to preserve from
        injury, destruction, or evil of any kind; to rescue from
        impending danger; as, to save a house from the flames.
  
              God save all this fair company.       --Chaucer.
  
              He cried, saying, Lord, save me.      --Matt. xiv.
                                                    30.
  
              Thou hast . . . quitted all to save A world from
              utter loss.                           --Milton.
  
     2. (Theol.) Specifically, to deliver from sin and its
        penalty; to rescue from a state of condemnation and
        spiritual death, and bring into a state of spiritual life.
  
              Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
                                                    --1 Tim. i.
                                                    15.
  
     3. To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or
        expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
  
              Now save a nation, and now save a groat. --Pope.
  
     4. To rescue from something undesirable or hurtful; to
        prevent from doing something; to spare.
  
              I'll save you That labor, sir. All's now done.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     5. To hinder from doing, suffering, or happening; to obviate
        the necessity of; to prevent; to spare.
  
              Will you not speak to save a lady's blush? --Dryden.
  
     6. To hold possession or use of; to escape loss of.
  
              Just saving the tide, and putting in a stock of
              merit.                                --Swift.
  
     To save appearances, to preserve a decent outside; to avoid
        exposure of a discreditable state of things.
  
     Syn: To preserve; rescue; deliver; protect; spare; reserve;
          prevent.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Saving \Sav"ing\ (s[=a]v"[i^]ng), 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.
  
           None of us put off our clothes, saving that every one
           put them off for washing.                --Neh. iv. 23.
  
           And in the stone a new name written, which no man
           knoweth saving he that receiveth it.     --Rev. ii. 17.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Saving \Sav"ing\, n.
     1. Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is
        saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.
  
     2. Exception; reservation.
  
              Contend not with those that are too strong for us,
              but still with a saving to honesty.   --L'Estrange.
  
     Savings bank, a bank in which savings or earnings are
        deposited and put at interest.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Saving \Sav"ing\, a.
     1. Preserving; rescuing.
  
              He is the saving strength of his anointed. --Ps.
                                                    xxviii. 8.
  
     2. Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish
        or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.
  
     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.
  
     4. Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.
  
     Note: Saving is often used with a noun to form a compound
           adjective; as, labor-saving, life-saving, etc.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  saving
       adj 1: bringing about salvation or redemption from sin; "saving
              faith"; "redemptive (or redeeming) love" [syn: redemptive,
               redeeming(a), saving(a)]
       2: characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but
          saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow
       n 1: an act of economizing; reduction in cost; "it was a small
            economy to walk to work every day"; "there was a saving
            of 50 cents" [syn: economy]
       2: recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the
          deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of
          lives" [syn: rescue, deliverance, delivery]
       3: the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
          [syn: preservation]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  saving
     Αγγλικά n.
     μείωση κόστος, τρόπον τινά κέρδος, το ποσό που γλιτώνω, η έκπτωση που
  μου κάνουν (όχι αυτή που προσφέρω εγώ)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  saving
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm savynge)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  saving
     a.
     1 (lb en theology) That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
  (from 14th c.)
     2 Preserving; rescuing.
     3 thrifty; frugal. (from 15th c.)
     n.
     1 A reduction in cost or expenditure.
     2 (lb en countable usually in the plural) Something (usually money)
  that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the
  future.
     3 (lb en uncountable) The action of the verb to save.
     4 (lb en law obsolete) exception; reservation.
     prep.
     1 With the exception of; except; save.
     2 Without disrespect to.
     vb.
     (present participle of en save nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  saving
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm savynge)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  saving
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm savynge)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  saving
     Englanti a.
     1 säästäväinen
     2 pelastava
     3 vapahtava
     Englanti n.
     1 säästö
     2 säästäminen
     Englanti prep.
     paitsi

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  saving
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en save ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb save)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Saving /sˈeɪvɪŋ/
  التوفير

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  saving //ˈseɪv.ɪŋ// 
  пестящ
  in compound adjectives: relating to making a saving

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  saving //ˈseɪv.ɪŋ// 
  1. спестяване 2.
  action of saving
   3.
  something that is saved
  2. икономия, спестяване
  reduction in cost

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  saving /sˈeɪvɪŋ/ 
  úsporný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  saving /sˈeɪvɪŋ/ 
  ukládání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  saving /sˈeɪvɪŋ/ 
  zachraňování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  saving /sˈeɪvɪŋ/ 
  spoření