building and loan association
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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When Marshall Black, a Republican state senator, was recalled in 1912 by Santa Clara voters, he had been convicted of stealing $124,000 from the building and loan association where he once worked.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2021
Then, to help his members save money to buy homes, he started a laborers building and loan association.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 18, 2020
With some other sound young men of like quality, he established a building and loan association, one of those banks of the people which flourished in those days.
From The Young Man and the World by Albert Jeremiah Beveridge
Another way of saving, which is not open to the objection of too easy withdrawals, is the purchase of shares in a good building and loan association.
From Friendly Visiting among the Poor A Handbook for Charity Workers by Mary Ellen Richmond
The Reverend Mr. Hazelton’s savings of a lifetime had been invested in a building and loan association, and the association had failed disastrously.
From Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager by Burt L. Standish
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