plural of savings bank

(computing) To write a computer file to disk.

plural of savings account

(soccer) The instinctive blocking of the ball by a goalkeeper.

A large sum of money one has saved over a considerable number of years.

plural of save-all

(now rare) Something that prevents waste or loss. / (now chiefly historical) A device in a candlestick to hold the ends of candles, so they can be burned all the way down.

Preserving life; preventing death.

(transitive, boxing, wrestling) In a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, to ring the bell which concludes the round and thereby to prevent a competitor who has been knocked down from being counted out by the referee.

(boxing, wrestling, of a competitor) In a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, spared from being counted out by the referee by the ringing of the bell which concludes the round.