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saving (ˈseɪvɪŋ Pronunciation for saving ) 

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noun

  1. (no plural)(= rescue) (religion) Rettung feminine noun
  2. (no plural) [of money] Sparen neuter noun
  3. [of cost etc] Einsparung feminine noun
    1. (= amount saved) Ersparnis feminine noun
     ⇒ how much of a saving is there? wie viel wird eingespart? ⇒ we must make savings wir müssen sparen
  4. savings plural Ersparnisse plural noun (in account), Spareinlagen plural noun ⇒ post-office savings Postsparguthaben neuter noun ⇒ savings and loan association genossenschaftliche Bausparkasse

Similar Words

= economy, discount, reduction, bargain, cut
= nest egg, fund, store, reserves, resources, fall-back, provision for a rainy day

save (seɪv Pronunciation for save ) 

Translations

noun

  1. (football, etc. Ballabwehr feminine noun ⇒ what a save! eine tolle Parade! ⇒ he made a fantastic save er hat den Ball prima abgewehrt

transitive verb

  1. (= rescue) (religion) retten ⇒ to save sb from sth jdn vor etw dative retten ⇒ to save sb from disaster/ruin jdn vor einer Katastrophe/dem Ruin bewahren or retten ⇒ he saved me from falling er hat mich davor bewahrt hinzufallen ⇒ to save sth from sth etw aus etw retten ⇒ to save the day die Rettung sein ⇒ God save the Queen Gott schütze die Königin ⇒ to be saved by the bell (informal) gerade noch einmal davonkommen ⇒ to save one's neck or ass (US, slang) or butt (US, informal) seinen Kopf retten ⇒ to save sb's neck or ass (US, slang) or butt (US, informal) jdn rauspauken (informal)
    1. (= put by, avoid using up) aufheben
      1. fuel, time, space, money sparen
      2. strength, battery schonen
    2. (= save up)
      1. strength, fuel etc aufsparen
    3. (= collect)
      1. stamps etc sammeln
     ⇒ save some of the cake for me lass mir etwas Kuchen übrig ⇒ save me a seat halte mir einen Platz frei ⇒ save it for later, I'm busy now (informal) spar dirs für später auf, ich habe jetzt zu tun (informal) ⇒ to save the best for last das Beste bis zum Schluss aufheben ⇒ going by plane will save you four hours on the train journey der Flug spart dir vier Stunden Reisezeit im Vergleich zum Zug ⇒ he's saving himself for the right woman er spart sich für die Richtige auf
  3. bother, trouble ersparen ⇒ it saved us having to do it again das hat es uns dative erspart, es noch einmal machen zu müssen
    1. goal verhindern
    2. shot, penalty halten
     ⇒ well saved! gut gehalten!
  5. (computing) sichern ⇒ to save sth to disk etw auf Diskette sichern or abspeichern

intransitive verb

  1. (with money) sparen ⇒ to save for sth für or auf etw accusative sparen
  2. (computing) the file won't save die Datei lässt sich nicht sichern or abspeichern

Similar Words

= rescue, free, release, deliver, recover, get out, liberate, salvage, redeem, bail out, come to someone's rescue, set free, save the life of, extricate, save someone's bacon,
= keep, reserve, set aside, store, collect, gather, hold, hoard, hide away, lay by, put by, salt away, treasure up, keep up your sleeve, put aside for a rainy day,
= protect, keep, guard, preserve, look after, take care of, safeguard, salvage, conserve, keep safe
= budget, be economical, economize, scrimp and save, retrench, be frugal, make economies, be thrifty, tighten your belt, watch your pennies, draw in your horns
= put aside, keep, reserve, collect, retain, set aside, amass, put by
= prevent, avoid, spare, rule out, avert, forestall, obviate, make unnecessary
= apart from, but, other than, excluding, besides, except for, aside from, not counting

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Translations

adjective

  1. ... sparend ⇒ time-saving zeitsparend

'saving' in Other Languages

  • Brazilian Portuguese: economia
  • Chinese: 节省节節省
  • European Spanish: ahorro
  • French: économie
  • German: Ersparnis
  • Italian: risparmio
  • Japanese: 節約
  • Korean: 절약
  • Portuguese: economia
  • Spanish: ahorro

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