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A n1 ( reduction) économie f (in de ; on sur) ; a 25% saving une économie de 25% ; to make savings faire des économies ;B savings npl économies fpl ; to live off one's savings vivre de ses économies ; to lose one's life savings perdre les économies de toute une vie.C - saving (dans composés) energy-/fuel-saving qui réduit la consommation d'énergie/de carburant ; ⇒ face-saving, labour-saving etc. -
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saving ['seɪvɪŋ]1 noun∎ measures to encourage saving des mesures pour encourager l'épargne(b) (money saved) économie f;∎ to make a saving faire une économie;∎ we made a saving of £20 on the usual price nous avons fait une économie de 20 livres sur le prix habituel;∎ he drew all his savings out of the bank il a retiré toutes ses économies de la banque∎ this was the saving of him cela a été son salutformal sauf, hormis;∎ formal saving Your Grace sauf le respect que je dois à Votre Excellence►► savings account compte m (de caisse) d'épargne;savings bank caisse f d'épargne;American savings bond bon m d'épargne;British savings book livret m (de caisse) d'épargne;British savings certificate bon m d'épargne;savings club club m d'épargne;saving grace = bon côté qui rachète des défauts;∎ her sense of humour is her saving grace on lui pardonne tout parce qu'elle a de l'humour;∎ the movie has one saving grace une seule chose sauve le film;American savings and loan association caisse f d'épargne logement;savings plan, savings scheme plan m d'épargne;British savings stamp timbre-épargne m -
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saving [ˈseɪvɪŋ]1. noun2. plural noun3. compounds• the film's only saving grace is... la seule chose qui rachète le film, c'est... ► savings account noun (British) compte m d'épargne ; (US) compte m de dépôt* * *['seɪvɪŋ] 1.1) ( reduction) économie f (in de; on sur)2) [U] Finance ( activity) épargne f3) ( conservation) économie f2.energy saving — économies fpl d'énergie
savings plural noun économies fpl3.- saving combining formenergy-/fuel-saving — qui réduit la consommation d'énergie/de carburant
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- saving ['seɪvɪŋ]∎ energy-saving (device) d'économie, d'énergie;∎ time-saving qui fait gagner du temps -
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(a) (thrift, economy) économie f, épargne f;∎ measures to encourage saving des mesures pour encourager l'épargne(b) (money saved) économie f;∎ we made a saving of £500 on the usual price nous avons fait une économie de 500 livres sur le prix habituel;savings account compte m d'épargne, compte de caisse d'épargne;savings bank caisse f d'épargne;savings bond ≃ bon m d'épargne;British savings book livret m (de caisse) d'épargne;British savings certificate ≃ bon d'épargne;savings club club m d'épargne;American savings and loan association ≃ caisse d'épargne-logement;savings plan plan m d'épargne;savings rate taux m d'épargne;FINANCE savings scheme plan d'épargne;British savings stamp timbre-épargne m -
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noun (a way of saving money etc or the amount saved in this way: It's a great saving to be able to make one's own clothes.) économie -
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(a good quality that makes up for a fault: His speeches are boring but they have the saving grace of being short.) chose qui rachète -
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Jur. clause de sauvegarde; pf. échappatoireEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > saving clause
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∎ life-saving apparatus appareils mpl ou engins mpl de sauvetage;∎ life-saving vaccine vaccin m qui sauve la vieUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > life-saving
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15 labour-saving
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16 energy saving
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17 face-saving
face-saving adj [plan, solution] qui permet de sauver la face (after n) ; he offered me a face-saving solution il m'a proposé une solution qui me permettait de sauver la face. -
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labour-saving adj [equipment, feature, system] qui allège or facilite le travail ; labour-saving device appareil m ménager. -
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Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > face-saving
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Un panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > labour-saving device
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