lay aside

1. 1.

   accumulate money for future use

   “He saves half his salary”

   Synonymssavesave up

   Narrowerhoard

Questions about lay aside

What does lay aside mean?

lay aside means "accumulate money for future use".

What is another word for lay aside?

Close synonyms include save, save up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lay aside a common word?

lay aside is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.