saving

1. (countable, usually in the plural) Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.Examples: "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."countableplural-normally

2. (uncountable) The action of the verb to save.uncountable

3. (law, obsolete) Exception; reservation.Examples: "saving and transitional provisions"; "Tis Good Advice not to Contend with Those that are too Strong for us, but still with a saving to Honesty and Justice"countableobsoleteuncountable