"life savings" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} life savings pl (plural only)
  1. A large sum of money one has saved over a considerable number of years. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (large sum of money one has saved over a considerable number of years): 畢生積蓄 (Chinese Mandarin), 毕生积蓄 (bìshēng jīxù) (Chinese Mandarin), säästöt [plural] (Finnish), économies d’une vie [feminine, plural] (French), 救命 (Japanese), życiowe oszczędności [feminine, plural] (Polish), сбереже́ния (sberežénija) [neuter, plural] (Russian)

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