salt sth away
informal— phrasal verb with salt uk/sɒlt/us/sɑːlt/verb [ T ]
to save something, often money, secretly:
He salted away a fortune over the years and no one ever knew!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Saving money
- bank
- deposit account
- depositor
- direct deposit
- interest rate
- ISA
- on deposit idiom
- pension plan
- put
- put sth by
- rainy
- save
- save/keep money for a rainy day idiom
- saver
- saving
- savings account
- scrimp
- sock
- TESSA
- war chest
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