building society

Noun

Meaning

British equivalent of United States savings and loan association

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bank depository repository lender creditor thrift savings bank merchant bank moneylender financial institution mutual savings bank thrift institution lending institution savings institution clearing bank

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Hypernyms

savings and loan savings and loan association

Examples

And Accord, part of Yorkshire building society, has been charging a similar rate on the deals it has been offering off and on throughout the autumn. Source: Internet

If more than 75% of members voted in favour, the building society would then become a limited company like any other. Source: Internet

Hastings Building Society merged with SBS Bank in October 2010, but with the Hastings Building Society brand continuing to operate as a building society under the name of HBS Bank. Source: Internet

Last week, the new chief executive of Wales' largest building society, Principality, said home working has been so successful many staff would not return to the office. Source: Internet

Prime Minister Gaston Browne met recently with the heads of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) to discuss Caricom’s… Source: Internet

In the end, after a number of large demutualisations, and pressure from carpetbaggers moving from one building society to another to cream off the windfalls, most of the remaining societies modified their rules of membership in the late 1990s. Source: Internet

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