savings bank
Americannoun
noun
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a bank that accepts the savings of depositors and pays interest on them
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a container, usually having a slot in the top, for saving coins
Etymology
Origin of savings bank
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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When Jones queried long delays, he says he was told the savings bank was "short staffed".
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
In 1816, the first savings bank in the United States, the Philadelphia Savings Fund Society, opened for business.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 2, 2020
A standing-room-only crowd of true believers and opportunists crammed into the vast domed hall of a former Gilded Age savings bank in Williamsburg.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 15, 2018
"Recent demands for fundamental consolidation among banks are not appropriate," savings bank association head Georg Fahrenschon told the conference, noting bigger banks had shown they could be "poison" for financial market stability.
From Reuters ● Aug. 31, 2016
They have been employed to instruct us in the whole range of our institutional virtues, from the White House to your neighborhood savings bank.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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