life savings

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life savings

noun life savings

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

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noun large sum of money one has saved over a considerable number of years

日本語救命 kyūmei
中文畢生積蓄 /毕生积蓄 bìshēng jīxù
Françaiséconomies d'une vie
Русскийсбереже́ния sberežénija

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@misc{life_savings_2026,
  title = {life savings},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/life%20savings},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}