Say it like this

Keeping something now instead of using it, so you still have it later.

For the grown-up

Saving is deferring use of a resource. It is the rung between spending and investing, and it introduces the idea that a choice made now has consequences in a future you cannot yet see.

The easy mistake

Careful here. Saving keeps what you have. Investing risks it hoping for more. They feel similar to a child and behave very differently.

Words next to this one

Money A way to trade what you have for what you want, without having to find one person who has both. Invest Using something valuable now, hoping it becomes more valuable later. It might not. Value How much something is worth to you. It can be different for two people looking at the same thing. Risk The chance that the thing you hoped for does not happen.