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building and loan association

British  

noun

  1. a US name for building society

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

Some years ago there was a building and loan association started here in Angels, the ostensible object being to help the railroad men to own their homes.

From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Francis Lynde

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

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