Definition of Savings

1. Noun. A fund of money put by as a reserve.

Exact synonyms: Nest Egg
Generic synonyms: Fund, Monetary Fund
Derivative terms: Save

Definition of Savings

1. Noun. That which has been saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future. ¹

2. Noun. (plural of saving) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Savings

1. saving [n] - See also: saving

Lexicographical Neighbors of Savings

saveyed
saveying
saveys
savin
savinase
savinases
savine
savines
saving
saving(a)
saving grace
saving throw
saving throws
savingly
savingness
savings (current term)
savings account
savings account trust
savings accounts
savings and loan
savings bank
savings bank trust
savings banks
savings bond
savins
savior
savioress
saviors
saviorship

Literary usage of Savings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Cumulative tables showing growth of savings banks; no. of depositors and amt. ... Cumulative table showing no., condition, and progress of savings banks of ..."

2. Annual Report by Maryland Comptroller's Office (1908)
"Receipts into the Treasury during the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 1907, from Franchise Tax on the Deposits of savings Banks and Institutions. ..."

3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"The average amount of each deposit was £3, 2s. lid. [$15.28]. In 1867 the number of post-office savings hanks in the United Kingdom was 3629, ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1918)
"In respect to payments made by shareholder savings banka to receiver of a ... Payments by shareholder savings banks to receiver of a national bank to aid in ..."

5. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"Cumulative table showing condition of savings banks. (AR bank comrs. ... Repeal of law requiring treasurers of savings banks to return to town assessors ..."

6. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"Any officer of any bank, banking institution, savings bank, savings society, or savings Institution, who shall permit money to be received from a depositor ..."

7. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1863)
"Seamen's Bank for savings, New York 6220 82 Rochester savings Bank 603 12 Schenectady savings Bank 1293 42 Troy savings Bank 987 94 savings Bank of Utica ..."

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