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building society - 3 dictionary results

building society


Origin:
1840–50

savings and loan association

–noun
a cooperative savings institution, chartered and regulated by a state or the federal government, that receives deposits in exchange for shares of ownership and invests its funds chiefly in loans secured by first mortgages on homes.
building society  
n.   Chiefly British
A savings and loan association.
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