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Definition of "building society" []

  • Chiefly British A savings and loan association. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "building society" in a sentence
  • "Dublin-based Cardinal Asset Management, which is receiving backing from the Carlyle Group CYL.UL and U.S. investor Wilbur Ross, recently indicated it would increase the amount of cash it was willing to invest in the Irish building society to more than 600 million euros $810 million, according to a source familiar with the process."