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... > health and social care > health care management > accounting and activity-based costing > assets > savings

social science subjects > business and management > finance > assets > savings

... > psychology > behavior mechanisms > behavior (psychology) > economic behavior > savings

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savings

Definition

The part of a person's income that is not spent at the end of any given accounting period. Individuals, households, businesses, and government dis-save when current expenditures exceed current saving. [Source: The SAGE Glossary of the Social and Behavioral Sciences; Savings]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/savings

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