saving

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Rescue from harm, danger, or loss.
• noun Avoidance of excess expenditure; economy.
• noun A reduction in expenditure or cost.
• noun Something saved.
• noun Money saved.
• noun Usage Problem An amount of money saved.
• noun Law An exception or reservation.
• preposition With the exception of.
• conjunction Except; save.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Economy in expenditure or outlay, or in the use of materials, money, etc.; avoidance or prevention of waste or loss in any operation, especially in expending one's earnings.
• noun A reduction or lessening of expenditure or outlay; an advantage resulting from the avoiding of waste or loss: as, a saving of ten per cent.
• noun plural Sums saved from time to time by the exercise of care and economy; money saved from waste or loss and laid by or hoarded up.
• noun Exception; reservation.
• Excepting; save; unless.
• Regarding; having respect for; with apology to. See reverence.
• Preserving from evil or destruction; redeeming.
• Accustomed to save; avoiding unnecessary expenditure or outlay; frugal; economical: as, a saving housekeeper.
• Bringing in returns or receipts the principal or sum invested or expended; incurring no loss, though not profitable: as, the vessel has made a saving run.
• Implying or containing a condition or reservation: as, a saving clause. See clause.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• With the exception of; except; excepting; also, without disrespect to.
• adjective Preserving; rescuing.
• adjective Avoiding unnecessary expense or waste; frugal; not lavish or wasteful; economical.
• adjective Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
• adjective Making reservation or exception.
• noun Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up.
• noun Exception; reservation.
• noun a bank in which savings or earnings are deposited and put at interest.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A reduction in cost or expenditure.
• noun countable, usually plural Something (usually money) that is saved.
• noun uncountable The action of the verb to save.
• noun obsolete exception; reservation
• verb Present participle of save.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
• adjective bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
• noun an act of economizing; reduction in cost
• noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
• adjective characterized by thriftiness