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
What are the advantages of a postal savings bank system?
From Government in the United States National, State and Local by Garner, James Wilford
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 Phillips, Chester Arthur
The United States should establish a postal savings bank.
From Practical Argumentation by Pattee, George K.
Let us nail it to our radical program that the postal savings bank is to fight for business, just as do the private banks, and lend its funds direct to the people on good security.
From The Book of Life by Sinclair, Upton
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