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life savings

life savings noun: a large sum of money one has saved over a considerable number of years.

Noun

life savings (countable and uncountable, plural life savings)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A large sum of money one has saved over a considerable number of years.
    • She spent her life savings on a new car.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see life, savings.

Forms of life savings

plurallife savings

Questions about life savings

What does life savings mean?
Life savings means a large sum of money one has saved over a considerable number of years.
What part of speech is life savings?
Life savings is a noun.
What is the plural of life savings?
The plural of life savings is life savings.

Words near life savings in the dictionary

  1. life rings
  2. life rocket
  3. life rockets
  4. life saver
  5. life savers
  6. life savings
  7. life school
  8. life schools
  9. life science
  10. life sciences
  11. Life Scout

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