saving — OET · Shobdo

saving

noun

1 this resulted in a considerable saving in development costs:

reduction, cut, decrease, economy.

2 after five years of scrimping and saving we bought a modest house:

economizing, economy, frugality, thrift, thriftiness, retrenchment, cutting back, belt-tightening, penny-pinching;

carefulness, prudence.

3 (savings) he wanted to know how to invest his savings:

nest egg, money put by for a rainy day, life savings;

capital, assets, funds, resources, reserves.

saving Oxford Dictionary of English