salt away

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salt away

He decided to salt away a portion of his earnings each month.

Definition

Verb: 1. To save or set aside for future use: To accumulate and keep money or resources, typically in a careful or secretive manner, for later needs or opportunities.

Usage

This verb is a phrasal verb meaning to save money or store something valuable for the future. It often implies a deliberate, sometimes secretive, act of putting something aside over time. It is commonly used in informal contexts.

Examples
  • She managed to salt away a small fortune by living frugally.
  • He's been salting away part of his salary every month for his children's education.
  • It's wise to salt away some emergency funds.
Advanced Usage
  • The phrasal verb is separable. The object (e.g., 'money', 'savings') can be placed between 'salt' and 'away' or after 'away'.
    • He salts his bonuses away in a separate account.
    • He salts away his bonuses in a separate account.
  • It often carries a connotation of prudent, long-term planning or discreet saving, sometimes to avoid spending or taxation.
Variants and Related Words
  • Salt (verb, in this context): As the base verb in this phrasal construction, it carries the specific meaning of preserving or saving, analogous to using salt to preserve food.
  • Salted away (adjective phrase): Describes money or resources that have been saved.
    • He has a tidy sum salted away for retirement.
Synonyms
  • Save up: To accumulate money by setting it aside.
  • Stash away: To store something safely and secretly.
  • Put aside: To reserve something for a particular purpose.
  • Squirrel away: To hide or store something, especially money, for future use (implies more secrecy or hoarding).
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Put away: To save money for future use (less secretive connotation than 'salt away').
    • She puts away $200 from every paycheck.
  • Lay aside: To save something, especially money, for a future purpose.
    • They are laying aside funds for a new home.
Related Idioms
  • For a rainy day: This idiom describes the purpose of "salting away" money—saving it for a time of future need or emergency.
    • She salts her money away for a rainy day.
salt away

He decided to salt away a portion of his earnings each month.

Verb
  1. keep or lay aside for future use
    • store grain for the winter
    • The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat

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