{
    "term": "saving",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an amount of something such as time or money that you do not need to use or spend",
            "sensetop": "saving of somethingsaving on something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Buy three and **make a saving** of 55p.",
                    "contextForm": "saving of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "With the new boiler you can make big savings on fuel bills.",
                    "contextForm": "saving on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company reported **cost savings** of about $ 29 million during the second quarter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new building enjoys **energy savings** of 25 percent annually."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The service has delivered significant cost savings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "For a family of four this can mean a saving of around $500."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The potential savings are enormous."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This design offers considerable savings in fuel efficiency."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This represents a saving to British business of about £175 million a year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This was done, with a saving of 40% in staff costs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to find savings of around €30 million."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need to see where financial savings can be made."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We will pass on this saving to our customers."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "considerable", "great"],
                "verb + saving": ["find", "identify", "mean"],
                "saving + verb": ["come from something", "result from something"],
                "preposition": ["saving for", "saving from", "saving in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "money that you have saved, especially in a bank, etc.",
            "labels": "(informal)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(informal)(informal)(informal)(British English)(US English)(formal)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(North American English usually)(informal)(informal)especially North American English",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He put all his savings into buying a boat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spent her entire **life savings** *(= all the money she had saved throughout her life)* to furnish and equip the house."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tan financed the film himself from his personal savings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's living off his **retirement savings**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Savings rates are at historic lows."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't have any savings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was determined to build up some savings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My grandfather refused to put his savings in the bank."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She lost her job and had to live on her savings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The card gives you instant access to your savings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The couple lost their entire life savings on the venture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The war had wiped out the family savings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You get higher interest if you agree to tie up your savings for a long period."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["life", "pension", "retirement"],
                "verb + savings": ["have", "invest", "put"],
                "savings + verb": ["grow"],
                "savings + noun": ["account", "bank", "bond"],
                "phrases": ["access to your savings"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "that prevents the waste of the thing mentioned or stops it from being necessary",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "labour-saving devices"
                },
                {
                    "text": "space-saving fitted furniture"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈseɪvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sa/saving/saving__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈseɪvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sa/saving/saving__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from the verb save."
}