building society

noun

1. a cooperative organization that accepts deposits of money from savers and uses them to make loans, secured by mortgages, to house buyers. Since 1986 they have been empowered to offer banking services

Example Sentences

In 1884 he lost his savings by the failure of a building society, and a fund was raised for his support.

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In other words, if you have the money to spare, give it to the deserving poor, or to the Church-building Society.

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They are virtually the same as the rules of an ordinary building society, and are certified by Mr. Tidd Pratt.

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A swindling building society seems to have absorbed the rest of his savings.

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Moreover, he bought mortgaged houses through a building society, and let them.

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