English Explanatory Dictionary

building society

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of financial institution which traditionally was based on lending money (as mortgages) to society members to buy houses, from other members' pooled savings and/or money borrowed wholesale.

Pronunciation

EN-AU ck1 building society.ogg

Word forms

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