postal savings bank
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of postal savings bank
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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The U.S. even had a public banking system, in the form of the U.S. postal savings bank, which was abolished in the 1960s but perhaps should be revived.
From Salon ● May 18, 2010
The state in 1911 completed the taking over of all the telephone lines; it conducts an extensive postal savings bank and a parcels post.
From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Samuel P. Orth
The United States should establish a postal savings bank.
From Practical Argumentation by George K. Pattee
The postal savings bank scheme as advocated by Postmaster General Meyer should be put into operation in the United States.
From Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Debate Index Second Edition by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
An objection repeatedly urged against the establishment of a postal savings bank was that it would prove a competitor to existing banks.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips
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