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friendly society

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noun

  1. US term: benefit society.  an association of people who pay regular dues or other sums in return for old-age pensions, sickness benefits, etc

"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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In interviews, Taiwanese pointed to universal healthcare, an open and friendly society, freedom of expression and convenience in daily life as other potential contributors to local happiness.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 30, 2025

Walters points to the popularity of films such as The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and action blockbuster Red or The Expendables as evidence in the shift towards a more grey friendly society.

From The Guardian Aug. 21, 2014

The friendly society has 927,000 child trust fundholders, whose funds are currently outsourced to the Capita for management.

From The Guardian Jul. 11, 2012

By a law of the 1st of April 1898 a friendly society may be established by merely depositing a copy of its rules and list of officers with the sousprefet.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

Very often he is himself a capitalist in a small way, and if he is not so individually, his trade union or his friendly society is pretty sure to be so.

From Proposed Roads to Freedom by Russell, Bertrand

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