saving

1. saving (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A reduction in cost or expenditure.

Example: The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.

2. saving (noun) — sense 2

Definition: Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.

Example: I invested all my savings in gold.

3. saving (noun) — sense 3

Definition: The action of the verb to save.

4. saving (adj) — sense 4

Definition: That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.

5. saving (adj) — sense 5

Definition: Preserving; rescuing.

Example: He is the saving strength of his anointed.

6. saving (adj) — sense 6

Definition: Thrifty; frugal.

Example: 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.

7. saving (prep) — sense 7

Definition: Synonym of save (“except for”)

Example: And in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

8. saving (prep) — sense 8

Definition: Without disrespect to.

Example: I should be ruled by the fiend, who, saving your reverence, is the devil himself.