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| disposable income |
the income that one has for spending, saving, or the like after taxes are deducted. |
| DST |
abbreviation of "daylight saving time," standard time that has been advanced by one hour in a given time zone, usu. in the spring and lasting into the fall, in order to provide one more hour of daylight at the end of each day. |
| hoarding |
the action of accumulating and saving money or goods as provision against future need, especially in a secretive and guarded fashion. [1/2 definitions] |
| Purim |
a Jewish spring holiday that commemorates the saving from extinction of the ancient Persian Jewish community, as related in the Old Testament. |
| salvage |
the act of saving property from destruction, esp. the rescue of a ship or its cargo from fire or shipwreck. [1/5 definitions] |
| salvation |
the act of saving or the condition of being saved from sin or evil; redemption. [2/3 definitions] |
| saving |
(pl.) money accumulated by saving. [1/8 definitions] |
| scrapbook |
an album for saving photographs, newspaper clippings, and the like. |
| sleep mode |
a power-saving mode of operation to which a computer or other machine reverts when idle, in which power to the display and to other nonessential parts of operation is deactivated. |
| slow time |
(informal) standard time, as opposed to daylight saving time. |
| thrift |
prudent management and saving of one's resources, esp. money; frugality. [1/3 definitions] |
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