Saving
['seɪvɪŋ] or ['sevɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) characterized by thriftiness; 'wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution'- Ellen Glasgow .
Inputed by Dustin--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Save
(a.) Preserving; rescuing.
(a.) Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical; as, a saving cook.
(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.
(a.) Making reservation or exception; as, a saving clause.
(participle) With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to.
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Economical, frugal, sparing, thrifty, careful.
Typist: Osborn
Examples
- But there was nothing to be done, saving to communicate to Wemmick what I had that night found out, and to remind him that we waited for his hint. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- As Mr. Muzzle uttered these words, he took a step or two towards the door; and, by way of saving time, began to pull off his coat as he walked along. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I added this saving clause, in the moment of rejecting four richly caparisoned coursers which I had had wild thoughts of harnessing. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- All his journeys were ruggedly performed; for he was always steadfast in a purpose of saving money for Emily's sake, when she should be found. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Well, very soon I found that I was saving considerable sums of money. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They are all labor-saving machines themselves, every one of 'em. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- On this principle nurserymen always prefer saving seed from a large body of plants, as the chance of intercrossing is thus lessened. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The result has been the saving of vast amounts of maritime property, estimated at many millions of dollars yearly. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The empress's apartment on fire by an accident; the author instrumental in saving the rest of the palace. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- If it is equipped with a three-heat switch, it can be adjusted to 600 watts at full, 300 at medium and 150 at low, which means a great saving in current for most small cooking operations. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A saving of 75 per cent. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His home, in such another street as the first, saving that it was narrower, was over a little shop. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- In a little while another veteran was discharged abruptly from the same door, clawing at the air for a saving support. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I am saving up three suits--one for a wedding-suit. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Mrs. Norris seemed as much delighted with the saving it would be to Sir Thomas as with any part of it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- You've got one friend as I knows of; one as is good for a Savings-Bank book, or I'm a blue monkey! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We wanted a hundred and ten pounds: your mother has ninety-two, and I have none to spare in the bank; and she thinks that you have some savings. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Nice cutting is her function: she divides With spiritual edge the millet-seed, And makes intangible savings. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- When I came to New York I put $30 into a savings-bank under the New York Sun office. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When it is all over, she said, you will be glad of my savings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With my love and respects--and I can't find it in my conscience to take a poor girl's savings, when she may want them herself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Even this small reduction of debt, however, has not been all made from the savings out of the ordinary revenue of the state. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Soon his savings were gone, and he had to look about for a new means of living. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- If he was an economist, he generally found it more profitable to employ his annual savings in new purchases than in the improvement of his old estate. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The young lapidary was poor, and he had spent part of his savings in working out his scheme of block-printing. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I spend my savings so, once every year. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Still, I'm not easy in my mind about taking the poor thing's little savings. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Miret will not be extortionate: the first year's rent you have already in your savings; afterwards Miss Lucy must trust God, and herself. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He would want to help me out of his little savings, I knew, and I knew that he ought not to help me, and that I must not suffer him to do it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But at this moment he suddenly saw himself as a pitiful rascal who was robbing two women of their savings. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Editor: Sasha