3 entries under this word
p. a. 1. Avoiding unnecessary expenses; frugal; not lavish; economical.
Sense 2. Bringing back in returns or receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful; as, a saving bargain; the ship has made a saving voyage.
prep. or p. pr. With the exception of; in favor of; excepting; without disrespect to. “Saving your reverence.” Shak. Used also, as a conjunction, with that understood.
n. 1. Something kept from being expended or lost; exception; reservation. “Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty.” L’Estrange.
Sense 2. That which is saved; as, the savings of years of economy.