Definition of saving

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Saving (a.) 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..

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Miser :: Miser (n.) A covetous, grasping, mean person; esp., one having wealth, who lives miserably for the sake of saving and increasing his hoard..
Catamaran :: Catamaran (n.) A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stations..
Surfoot :: Surfman (n.) One who serves in a surfboat in the life-saving service.
Saving :: Saving (a.) 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..
Sparing :: Sparing (a.) Spare; saving; frugal; merciful.
Tight :: Tight (superl.) Close; parsimonious; saving; as, a man tight in his dealings..
Luddite :: Luddite (n.) One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames..
Skinch :: Skinch (v. t. & i.) To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.
Salvation :: Salvation (n.) Saving power; that which saves.
Savingly :: Savingly (adv.) In a saving manner; with frugality or parsimony.
Chary :: Chary (a.) Careful; wary; cautious; not rash, reckless, or spendthrift; saving; frugal..
Gather :: Gather (v. t.) To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little; to amass; to gain; to heap up.
Life-saving :: Life-saving (a.) That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station..
Economize :: Economize (v. i.) To be prudently sparing in expenditure; to be frugal and saving; as, to economize in order to grow rich..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. i.) To work upon a wreck, as in saving property or lives, or in plundering..
Timesaving :: Timesaving (a.) Saving time; as, a timesaving expedient..
Saving :: Saving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sav.
Savement :: Savement (n.) The act of saving.
Salvor :: Salvor (n.) One who assists in saving a ship or goods at sea, without being under special obligation to do so..
Life-preserver :: Life-preserver (n.) An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water..
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