saving
A reduction in cost or expenditureA reduction in cost or expenditure.
» I'm saving money for a car.
Ich spare Geld für ein Auto.
Ich spare auf ein Auto.
Я коплю деньги на машину.
Я откладываю деньги на машину.
Я заощаджую гроші на машину.
Я накопичую гроші на машину.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A reduction in cost or expenditure.
The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.
эконо́мияekonómija
еконо́міяekonómija
an act of economizing; reduction in cost
(countable, usually plural)Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
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.
Ersparnisse
сбереже́нияsberežénija, накопле́нияnakoplénija
заоща́дженняzaoščádžennja, збере́женняzberéžennja
(uncountable)The action of the verb to save.
эконо́мияekonómija, бережли́востьberežlívostʹ
оща́дністьoščádnistʹ, оща́дливістьoščádlyvistʹ, бережли́вістьberežlývistʹ
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Exception; reservation.
saving and transitional provisions
Examples
299 sentencesI'm saving money for a car.
Я заощаджую гроші на машину.
ruЯ коплю деньги на машину.
deIch spare Geld für ein Auto.
They are not interested in saving money.
Вони не зацікавлені у економії грошей.
deSie sind nicht am Geldsparen interessiert.
Tom thinks whales are worth saving.
Том вважає, що кити заслуговують на порятунок.
Tom thinks that whales are worth saving.
Том вважає, що кити заслуговують на порятунок.
Tom is saving money for college.
ruТом копит деньги на университет.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 3
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Forms
plural: savingsSynonyms
5 synonyms- an act of economizing; reduction in cost:economy
- the activity of protecting something from loss or danger:preservation
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger:rescuedeliverancedelivery
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- saving saving
- saving saving money
- is saving saving
- saving saving up
- saving money
- saving money to
- for saving saving
- saving saving this
- start saving saving
- saving money so
- worth saving saving
- saving money for