Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Saving \Sav"ing\, n.
1. Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is
saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.
2. Exception; reservation.
Contend not with those that are too strong for us,
but still with a saving to honesty. --L'Estrange.
{Savings bank}, a bank in which savings or earnings are
deposited and put at interest.
Source : WordNet®
savings bank
n 1: a thrift institution in the northeastern United States;
since deregulation in the 1980s they offer services
competitive with many commercial banks
2: a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping
money at home; "the coin bank was empty" [syn: {coin bank},
{money box}, {bank}]