Definitions
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- noun That which has been saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
- noun Plural form of
saving .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fund of money put by as a reserve
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Examples
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Central to those was his announcement of an additional £ 7 billion in savings from the welfare budget — on top of the £ 11 billion the chancellor identified in his June emergency budget.
U.K. Welfare Spending Slashed Laurence Norman 2010
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I suppose you could take $300-500 in savings from a summer job and spend that on a freelancer.
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If Obama does not know these details, how can he possibly know the 500 billion in savings is real.
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Hillary, I already spent your fantasy $30 in savings from the gas tax holiday on a Obama T-shirt!
Last minute Clinton ad: 'What has happened to Barack Obama?' 2008
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Their $10,000 in savings is a good start toward the $22,500 emergency fund the planner recommends.
First thing for Jacksons to do: Get financially oriented with a budget 2006
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The savings is long-term savings (so it's like I'm forcing myself to contribute to a savings account to Monk) and he has to put half of all money he receives into that account, including any money he receives as a gift or whatever.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: January 2005 Archives 2005
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Tax on your savings is a tax on the interest it earns.
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The savings is long-term savings (so it's like I'm forcing myself to contribute to a savings account to Monk) and he has to put half of all money he receives into that account, including any money he receives as a gift or whatever.
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Giving 2005
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He basketed the day's luck, good or bad as it might be, into the pages of his private "Journal," which he called his savings-bank, because from this source he drew most of the material for his books.
The American Spirit in Literature : a chronicle of great interpreters Bliss Perry 1907
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At best, school closings offer a short term savings, but in the long run, it may be the more costly action.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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