saving

saving
noun (a way of saving money etc or the amount saved in this way: It's a great saving to be able to make one's own clothes.) ahorro
saving
tr['seɪvɪŋ]
noun
1 (of time, money) ahorro, economía
plural noun savings
1 ahorros nombre masculino plural
\
SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to be somebody's saving grace ser el único mérito que tiene alguien, ser lo que le salva a alguien
savings account cuenta de ahorros
savings bank caja de ahorros
saving
adj.
• ahorrador adj.
• ahorrativo, -a adj.
• económico, -a adj.
n.
• ahorramiento s.m.
• ahorro s.m.
• ahorros s.m.pl.
• economía s.f.
prep.
• con el debido respeto a prep.
• excepto prep.
• salvando prep.
• salvo prep.

I 'seɪvɪŋ
noun
1)
a) u (accumulation) ahorro m
b) savings pl ahorros mpl

life savings — los ahorros de toda una vida; (before n)

savings account — cuenta f de ahorros

2) c (economy) ahorro m

savings o a saving of $1,000 a week — un ahorro de 1.000 dólares por semana

to make savings — hacer* economías, economizar*


II
adjective (before n) see grace I 2) c)
['seɪvɪŋ]
1. N
1) (=putting aside) ahorro m

a policy to encourage saving and investment — una política para fomentar el ahorro y la inversión

regular saving is the best provision for the future — ahorrar con regularidad es la mejor manera de hacer previsiones para el futuro

2) (=economy) ahorro m

this price represents a saving of £100 — este precio supone un ahorro de 100 libras

we must make savings — tenemos que economizar or hacer economías

this ticket enables you to make a saving on standard rail fares — este billete le supondrá un ahorro con respecto a las tarifas de tren normales

3) savings ahorros mpl

she has savings of £3,000 — sus ahorros suman 3.000 libras, tiene ahorradas 3.000 libras

life savings — los ahorros de toda una vida

2.
ADJ

saving grace: his only saving grace was that ... — lo único que lo salvaba era que ...

3.
PREP (=apart from) salvo, excepto
4.
CPD

savings account N — cuenta f de ahorros

savings and loan association N — (US) sociedad f de ahorro y préstamo

savings bank N — caja f de ahorros

savings bond N — bono m de ahorros

savings book N — cartilla f or libreta f de ahorros

savings certificate N — bono m de ahorros

savings stamp N — sello m de ahorros

* * *

I ['seɪvɪŋ]
noun
1)
a) u (accumulation) ahorro m
b) savings pl ahorros mpl

life savings — los ahorros de toda una vida; (before n)

savings account — cuenta f de ahorros

2) c (economy) ahorro m

savings o a saving of $1,000 a week — un ahorro de 1.000 dólares por semana

to make savings — hacer* economías, economizar*


II
adjective (before n) see grace I 2) c)

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