"savings" in the noun sense
1. economy, saving
an act of economizing reduction in cost
"it was a small economy to walk to work every day"
"there was a saving of 50 cents"
2. rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving
recovery or preservation from loss or danger
"work is the deliverance of mankind"
"a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
3. preservation, saving
the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
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