Definitions for savings

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savings sav·ing

Spelling: [sey-ving]

IPA: /ˈseɪ vɪŋ/

Savings is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in savings (aginssv).

Definitions for savings

noun

1. a reduction or lessening of expenditure or outlay:
2. something that is saved.
3. savings, sums of money saved by economy and laid away.
4. Law. a reservation or exception.

adjective

1. tending or serving to save; rescuing; preserving.
2. compensating; redeeming:
3. thrifty; economical:
4. making a reservation:

conjunction

1. except; save.

preposition

1. except:
2. with all due respect to or for:

Origin of savings

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at save¹, -ing², -ing¹

Examples for savings

Do you think, if I were alive, I would let any man rob me of the savings of my life?

And even those who consider themselves great patriots prefer to keep their savings in foreign currency.

Everyone who entered received mobile coupons for savings on PepsiCo products.

If you are in the market to buy, “Your art budget is somewhere between your grocery budget and your savings budget,” he says.

The savings over comparable store-bought shaving systems ranges from 30 to 60 percent.

Will you take care of some money for me until I get a chance to deposit it in the savings bank?

With the metros closed, she had to dip into her savings to pay for the expensive taxi ride home that morning.

I have left a separate fund in a savings bank for her to draw upon.

Then what have you been doing with your savings all these years?

The captain had assured him that neither his wife nor son knew aught of his savings.