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.
⇒ saving is often used with a noun to form a compound adjective; as, labor-saving, life-saving, etc.
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Sav"ing (?), prep. ∨ 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 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.
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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.
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