The phrase "a saving over" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts discussing financial savings or cost reductions, but it is better to use more common expressions.
Example: "The new plan offers a saving over the previous one, making it more affordable for customers."
Alternatives: "a reduction in" or "savings compared to".
To make a saving over a gas central heating system would take between 30 and 40 years, only slightly better than a photovoltaic panel system, which might have a pay-back of half a century or so.
The start date for the government's proposed catch-up concessional super contributions will be deferred by 12 months to 1 July 2018, providing a saving over the forward estimates of $400m.
Over time, buying your iPhone from the Apple store and paying for a separate SIM works out cheaper, and if you can afford to spend £619 on a phone in one go, then you'll make a saving over the course of two years.
Boxes typically retail at over $70, however, so it's generally still a savings over directly buying each individual item they contain.
The option to bundle an AirTV Player with the adapter is also now available for $119 — a bit of a savings over buying the single-tuner AirTV Player ($99) and adapter ($29) separately.
After the first year, the company experienced a savings over their projected healthcare expenditures of over $1.2 million.
"If we can take a kilogramme of weight out, that's got a huge saving over the life of an aircraft," says Mr Sirett.
That was a huge saving over the $20 a month customers paid for service and the rental.
The deal represents a significant saving over à la carte pricing; a recent Web search for mid-August flights departing from Buenos Aires to Bariloche, Argentina, started at $582.
A bottle of '85 Pétrus is a mere $750 at Veritas in the Flatiron district, a considerable saving over the $950 charged at Landmarc.
Many measures, amounting to a net saving over the forward estimates of $16bn, have been passed.
