SAVE

Definition:

1. [noun] (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring; "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save"
   
   
2. [verb] save from ruin, destruction, or harm
   Synonyms: salvage, salve, relieve
   
   
3. [verb] to keep up and reserve for personal or special use; "She saved the old family photographs in a drawer"
   Synonyms: preserve
   
   
4. [verb] bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack"
   Synonyms: carry through, pull through, bring through
   
   
5. [verb] spend less; buy at a reduced price
   
   
6. [verb] feather one's nest; have a nest egg; "He saves half his salary"
   Synonyms: lay aside, up
   
   
7. [verb] make unnecessary an expenditure or effort; "This will save money"; "I'll save you the trouble"; "This will save you a lot of time"
   Synonyms: make unnecessary
   
   
8. [verb] save from sins
   Synonyms: deliver, redeem
   
   
9. [verb] refrain from harming
   Synonyms: spare
   
   
10. [verb] spend sparingly, avoid the waste of; "This move will save money"; "The less fortunate will have to economize now"
    Synonyms: economize, economise
    
    
11. [verb] retain rights to; "keep my job for me while I give birth"; "keep my seat, please"; "keep open the possibility of a merger"
    Synonyms: keep open, hold open, keep
    
    

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Related Words:

• record, enter, put down
• conserve, husband, economize, economise
• rescue, deliver
• scrimp, stint, skimp
• hoard, stash, cache, lay away, hive up, squirrel away
• favor, favour
• tighten one's belt

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