saver

See also: savér and savêr

English

Etymology

save +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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Noun

saver (plural savers)

1. One who saves.

   a saver of souls

   • 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:

     Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.

2. One who keeps savings more than usual.

   He's a saver and she's a spender; you'd think the marriage would be doomed, but he keeps them from going into bankruptcy and she makes sure they have a lot of fun.

3. A ticket or coupon that offers a discount.
   • 2017, Off Track Planet's Travel Guide for the Young, Sexy, and Broke

     Tickets are cheaper the younger you are—snag a youth ticket (if you're twenty-five or under) for a 35 percent discount. If both you and your travel partner are twenty-six or older, the Small Group Saver will knock off 15 percent.

Translations

One who saves money i.e. spends less than their income.

• Bulgarian: спестител (spestitel)
• Maori: kaiwhakaputu

Derived terms

• lifesaver

See also

These words are easily confused with this one:

• savour, savor
• saviour, savior

Anagrams

• AVREs, Raves, avers, raves, sarve, vares, veras

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Middle English

Noun

saver

1. Alternative form of saveour

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French saveir, savoir, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre (“to know”), from Classical Latin sapiō, sapĕre (“taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *sap- (“to try, to research”).

Verb

saver

1. (Jersey, Guernsey) to know

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Old Frisian

Ēnes bērnes sāver.

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *saifr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaːfer/
• (Late Old Frisian) IPA^(key): /ˈsaːwer/

Noun

sāver m

1. spittle, saliva

Alternative forms

• sēver

Further reading

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 28

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) savair
• (Surmiran) saveir

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Classial Latin sapiō, sapere (“taste”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p- (“to try, to research”).

Verb

saver

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) to know (how to do something)

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Venetian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Classical Latin sapere, present active infinitive of sapiō (“taste”). Compare Italian sapere.

Verb

saver

1. (transitive) to know (how to)
2. (transitive) to be able to; can