"building society" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: EN-AU ck1 building society.ogg [Australia] Forms: building societies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} building society (plural building societies)
  1. (British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, banking) A type of financial institution which traditionally was based on lending money (as mortgages) to society members to buy houses, from other members pooled savings and/or money borrowed wholesale. Wikipedia link: building society Tags: Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand Categories (topical): Banking Coordinate_terms: credit union [UK] [banking, business], mutual savings bank [UK] [banking, business], savings and loan [UK, US] [banking, business, banking, business] Translations (financial institution): 建房互助會 (Chinese Mandarin), 建房互助会 (jiànfáng hùzhùhuì) (Chinese Mandarin), hypoteekkiyhdistys (Finnish), caisse d’épargne (French), Bausparkasse [feminine] (German), οικοδομικός συνεταιρισμός (oikodomikós synetairismós) [masculine] (Greek), 住宅金融組合 (jūtaku kin'yū kumiai) (alt: じゅうたくきんゆうくみあい) (Japanese), строи́тельное о́бщество (stroítelʹnoje óbščestvo) [neuter] (Russian), строи́тельная сберега́тельная ка́сса (stroítelʹnaja sberegátelʹnaja kássa) [feminine] (Russian), sociedad de préstamo inmobiliario [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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