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Abstinence
Refraining from, or at least postponing, consumption which could have been undertaken immediately. Where the funds not being spent arise from current income, abstinence is thus the same as saving; but the term also covers refraining from running down past savings or spending windfall gains.
Reference: Oxford Press Dictonary of Economics, 5th edt.
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