saving
A reduction in cost or expenditure.
Example
“The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.”
Other meanings
Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
“I invested all my savings in gold.”
The action of the verb to save.
Synonyms
- economy
Related words
- cost saving
- daylight saving
- daylight saving time
- life savings
- paradox of saving
- saving throw
- weight-saving
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “saving” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.