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Webster 1913 Edition

Saving

Sav′ing

,
Adj.
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.

Sav′ing

(sāv′ĭng)
,
p
rep.
or c
onj.
; 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.

Sav′ing

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Saving

SA'VING

, ppr.
1.
Preserving from evil or destruction; hindering from waste or loss; sparing; taking or using in time.
2.
Excepting.
3.
a. Frugal; not lavish; avoiding unnecessary expenses; economical; parsimonious. But it implies less rigorous economy than parsimonious; as a saving husbandman or housekeeper.
4.
That saves in returns or receipts the principal or sum employed or expended; that incurs no loss, though not gainful; as a saving bargain. The ship has made a saving voyage.
5.
That secures everlasting salvation; as saving grace.

SA'VING

, n.
1.
Something kept from being expended or lost.
By reducing the interest of the debt, the nation makes a saving.
2.
Exception; reservation.
Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty.

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