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# saver

«saver» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who saves money instead of spending it all** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a saver, savers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who saves money instead of spending it all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saver/#m1)

2) Something that saves you time, money, space or energy: a time-saver, an energy saver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saver/#m2)

3) A screen saver: a moving picture a computer shows when it is not being used. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saver/#m3)

4) (sport) A goalkeeper or player who saves goals or points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saver/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In money lessons, savers put money in a piggy bank or bank account and may earn interest. In everyday life, a lifesaver is someone or something that helps a lot. Phrases: a good saver, money saver, time-saver, lifesaver.

### examples

- My brother is a good saver; he keeps half his pocket money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saver/#x1)
- Savers get a little extra money called interest from the bank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saver/#x2)
- The dishwasher is a real time-saver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saver/#x3)
- This bulb is an energy saver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saver/#x4)
- Thanks for the pencil, you're a lifesaver! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saver/#x5)
- The keeper was a great saver of penalties. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saver/#x6)

### note

Countable. Not to be confused with savour (to enjoy a taste slowly) or saviour (someone who rescues; in church, Christians call Jesus the Saviour). In maths problems a saver adds money each week.

### In the corpora

- [Your tap and your toilet are among the greatest life-savers ever invented, even if no game gives them a wonder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/73-cities-why-they-grow-and-how-sewers-made-them-safe/4/)
- [Banks lend saved money to people and businesses and charge them interest; borrowers pay more interest than savers get.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/28-what-a-bank-does-with-your-money/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «saver» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saver/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.