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1. A fund of money put by as a reserve
   - nest egg

1. An act of economizing; reduction in cost
   "there was a saving of 50 cents"
   - economy
    
2. Recovery or preservation from loss or danger
   "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
   - rescue, deliverance, delivery
    
3. The activity of protecting something from loss or danger
   - preservation

See also: save

Type of: action, fund, monetary fund, protection, recovery, retrieval

Encyclopedia: Saving