saving
/ˈseɪ.vɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
Countable
adj
That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
adj
Example Sentences
- "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- "This new yard will replace a group of out-of-date yards, and there will be an estimated net saving of £150,000 a year."
- "I invested all my savings in gold."
- "The collapse of Enron wiped out the life savings of many people, leaving them poor in their retirement."
- "“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."
- "saving and transitional provisions"
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 English -ing English saving From save + -ing.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈseɪ.vɪŋ/
- British English: /ˈseɪ.vɪŋ/