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saver en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈseɪvəɹ/ (General-American)
• /ˈseɪvə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-der. Proto-Italic *salawos Latin salvus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin salvō Latin salvāre Old French sauverbor. Middle English saven English save Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English saver From save + -er.

Meanings

1. One who saves.
   • a saver of souls
   • Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend. 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
2. One who keeps savings more than usual.
   • He’s a saver and she’s a spender; you’d think the marriage would be doomed, but he keeps them from going into bankruptcy and she makes sure they have a lot of fun.
3. A ticket or coupon that offers a discount.
   • Tickets are cheaper the younger you are—snag a youth ticket (if you're twenty-five or under) for a 35 percent discount. If both you and your travel partner are twenty-six or older, the Small Group Saver will knock off 15 percent. 2017, Off Track Planet's Travel Guide for the Young, Sexy, and Broke:

Forms

Deriveds

lifesaver · screensaver · flavour saver · string saver · wine saver · bowl saver · time-saver · rail saver · multisaver · timesaver · labour-saver · labor-saver · face-saver · flavor saver · screen saver · supersaver · pizza saver · package saver

Translations (5)

sv sparare (one who saves) · mi kaiwhakaputu (one who saves) · bg спестител (one who saves) · mr वाचवणारी (one who saves) · mr वाचवणारा (one who saves)