postal savings bank

noun

any of the savings banks formerly operated by local post offices and limited to small accounts.

Origin of postal savings bank

First recorded in 1890–95

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When Austria established its postal savings bank, in 1882, a regular check and clearing system was made a feature thereof.
The Arena | Various
Thumb-print identifications have been extended to commercial uses by the postal savings bank on the Philippines at Manila.
Disputed Handwriting | Jerome B. Lavay
The promise made by all political parties of a postal savings bank is probably the most encouraging sign we have had.
Charities and the Commons: The Pittsburgh Survey, Part II: The Place | Various
This was not true of the postal savings bank, however, an institution which came into existence in the same year.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 2 | Various
Am trying to arrange to have this money put in postal savings bank to protect them from themselves.
The Philippines Past and Present (Volume 2 of 2) | Dean Conant Worcester

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