Savingness

Savingness
Savingness Sav"ing*ness, n. 1. The quality of being saving; carefulness not to expend money uselessly; frugality; parsimony. --Mrs. H. H. Jackson. [1913 Webster]

2. Tendency to promote salvation. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]


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  • savingness — n. quality of being saving; caution not to spend money uselessly; quality of being economical, frugality; extreme frugality or thriftiness parsimony; inclination to promote salvation …   English contemporary dictionary

  • savingness — n. Frugality, parsimony, economy …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • savingness — sav·ing·ness …   English syllables

  • savingness — noun ( es) : the quality or state of being saving : frugality …   Useful english dictionary

  • Economy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Economy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 economy economy frugality Sgm: N 1 thrift thrift thriftiness Sgm: N 1 care care husbandry good housewifery savingness retrenchment GRP: N 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • parsimony — n. Stinginess, niggardliness, penuriousness, avarice, covetousness, cupidity, meanness, closeness, miserliness, frugality, economy, illiberality, savingness …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • thrift — n. 1. Success, prosperity, gain, profit, luck, good fortune. 2. Frugality, thriftiness, economy, good husbandry, economical management, savingness …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • retrenchment — n 1. reduction, reducing, decrease, decreasing, diminution, diminishing, subtracting, sub duction, subducting, loss, lessening, shortening, contraction, contracting, decline, cutback, rollback, decrement, decrescence, depression, abridgment,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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