S&L

American  

[es uhnd el] / ˈɛs ənd ɛl /

Or S and L

abbreviation

Banking.

plural

S&Ls

1. savings and loan association.

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Example Sentences

It’s Louis XIV’s “L’état, c’est moi” combined with a spoiled toddler’s presumption of entitlement.

From Slate

It dramatically drove up the resolution cost of the S&L crisis from an estimated $25 billion had the problem been addressed in 1983 to an actual cost of $160 billion by the 1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal

But before you instinctively type the letters "a/s/l" on your keyboard, get this - for a lot of people, this is hardly the stuff of distant memories.

From BBC

A loose 1878 crayon and ink-wash study for an illustration for Émile Zola’s “L’Assommoir” becomes a firmer, more detailed pen, ink and chalk version, made even more solid in the final reproduction.

From The Wall Street Journal

There, Wembaynama was initiated into “the life of a warrior monk,” he told France’s L’Equipe.

From The Wall Street Journal