different between saved vs negawatt

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se?vd/

Verb

saved

1. simple past tense and past participle of save

Adjective

saved (not comparable)

1. (Christianity) Rescued from the consequences of sin.
   • 1998, Peter Carey, Oscar and Lucinda

     The second servant, however, was not only not "saved." She could not even be classified as "questing." She was an Anglican who was in the household from charity, having been deserted by her navvy husband and been denied Poor Relief by two parishes, each of whom claimed she was the other's responsibility.

2. retained for future use rather than spent e.g. ?"A penny saved is a penny earned."

Related terms

• saved by the bell

Anagrams

• Vedas, devas, vades

English

Etymology

Coined by Amory Lovins, chairman of the Rocky Mountain Institute as a contraction of negative watt on the model of similar compounds like megawatt.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??.?.w?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n??.?.w?t/

Noun

negawatt (plural negawatts)

1. A unit of saved energy.
   • 2000, Barbara Whitaker, "A Lightning Rod in California", New York Times, 24 December,

     And he has suggested ways to help consumers buy the so-called time-of-use-meters […] so they can benefit from using energy at off-peak times and through "negawatts," or credits for not using power.

   • 2008, Amory B. Lovins, "The Case For Efficiency", Forbes, 7 July,

     Three-fourths of U.S. electricity--69% of which is used in buildings, nearly all the rest in industry--can be saved for less than the price of just running a coal or nuclear plant. This "negawatt" potential is not just in smarter motors, lights, appliances, etc., but even more in their larger systems.

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