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
English -ing
English saving
From save + -ing.
Meanings
That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
Preserving; rescuing.
He is the saving strength of his anointed. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 28:8:
Thrifty; frugal.
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:
Hutchins has been a saving man all his life, and he has received good wages. Among his class he is regarded as wealthy. I daresay that he has five hundred pounds in the bank. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
hu -kímélő (in compound adjectives: relating to making a saving) · hu megtakarító (in compound adjectives: relating to making a saving) · es salvante (in compound adjectives: relating to making a saving) · hu -takarékos (in compound adjectives: relating to making a saving) · hu spóroló (in compound adjectives: relating to making a saving) · bg пестящ (in compound adjectives: relating to making a saving) · es salvador (in compound adjectives: relating to making a saving)
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
English -ing
English saving
From save + -ing.
Meanings
Synonym of save (“except for”)
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, […], →OCLC, Revelation 2:17:
Without disrespect to.
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, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 167, column 2:
Saving your presence. a. 1796, Robert Burns, The Carle of Kellyburn Braes:
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
English -ing
English saving
From save + -ing.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) A reduction in cost or expenditure.
The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.
This new yard will replace a group of out-of-date yards, and there will be an estimated net saving of £150,000 a year. 1954 August, “Marshalling Yard Reorganisation, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 570:
(countable, plural-normally) Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
I invested all my savings in gold.
“Rather than writing off both jets as a loss … teams made a bold decision in 2022 to remove the nose from AF-27 and put it onto AF-211 to maximize savings and add back an operational aircraft to the fleet,” a report from the F-35 JPO said. 2025 April 10, Brad Lendon, “‘Frankenjet’ stealth fighter made from two wrecked warplanes joins US Air Force fleet”, in CNN:
The collapse of Enron wiped out the life savings of many people, leaving them poor in their retirement.
Tis Good Advice not to Contend with Thoſe that are too Strong for us, but ſtill with a ſaving to Honeſty and Juſtice, for the Integrity of the Mind must be ſupported againſt All Violence and Hazzards whatſoever. 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[The Fables of Abstemius, &c.] Fab[le] CCLVIII. A Swallow and a Spider.”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC, page 225:
id tabungan (something that is saved) · bg иконо́мия (reduction in cost) · es ahorro (reduction in cost) · az yığım (something that is saved) · ja 貯蓄 (something that is saved) · es economías (something that is saved) · mn ᠬᠤᠷᠠᠮᠲᠤᠯᠠᠯ (something that is saved) · uk бережли́вість (action of saving) · ar حَسْم (reduction in cost) · uk заоща́дження (something that is saved) · be экано́мія (action of saving) · es burrucha (something that is saved) · ko 저축 (something that is saved) · hu takarékosság (reduction in cost) · te కాపాడుట (action of saving) · af spaargeld (something that is saved) · ru бережли́вость (action of saving) · be ашча́длівасць (action of saving) · az yatır (something that is saved) · nb økonomisering (reduction in cost) · mn ᠬᠠᠳᠠᠭᠠᠯᠠᠮᠵᠢ (something that is saved) · fr épargne (something that is saved) · sw akiba (something that is saved) · cmn 儲蓄 /储蓄 (something that is saved) · pt poupança (something that is saved) · mi pūtea penapena (something that is saved) · ko 절약 (reduction in cost) · ro economii (something that is saved) · uk збере́ження (something that is saved) · nl spaargeld (something that is saved) · da besparelse (reduction in cost) · ko 저금 (something that is saved) · vo spälot (something that is saved) · ja 貯金 (something that is saved) · ru накопле́ния (something that is saved) · ru эконо́мия (action of saving) · nb besparelse (reduction in cost) · ar خَصْم (reduction in cost) · hu megmentés (action of saving) · es ahorros (something that is saved) · da sparepenge (something that is saved) · uk оща́дливість (action of saving) · mn хуримтлал (something that is saved) · ro economisire (action of saving) · hi बचत (something that is saved) · hu kímélés (reduction in cost) · fr économie (something that is saved) · ro economie (reduction in cost) · be зберажэ́нні (something that is saved) · uk еконо́мія (reduction in cost) · oc estalvi (reduction in cost) · ota اداره (something that is saved) · hu mentés (action of saving) · mn хадгаламж (something that is saved) · cs úspory (something that is saved) · es guardamiento (action of saving) · uk еконо́мія (action of saving) · ms tabung (something that is saved) · vo spälamon (something that is saved) · be беражлі́васць (action of saving) · bg спестя́ване (reduction in cost) · el αποταμιεύσεις (something that is saved) · bg спестя́ване (something that is saved) · ota نجات (action of saving) · hu megtakarítás (something that is saved) · fi säästäminen (action of saving) · ca estalvi (reduction in cost) · ar مُدَخَرَات (something that is saved) · az qənaət (reduction in cost) · be ашча́днасць (action of saving) · fr économie (reduction in cost) · fi säästö (reduction in cost) · az qənaət (action of saving) · es hucha (something that is saved) · de Ersparnisse (something that is saved) · ru сбереже́ния (something that is saved) · ja 節約 (reduction in cost) · fi säästöt (something that is saved) · oc estalvi (something that is saved) · pl oszczędność (action of saving) · uk оща́дність (action of saving) · ru эконо́мия (reduction in cost) · pt economias (something that is saved) · cmn 節約 /节约 (reduction in cost) · be экано́мія (reduction in cost) · bg спестяване (action of saving) · ca estalvi (something that is saved)
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
English -ing
English saving
From save + -ing.
Meanings
(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of save