building society
building society noun: a type of financial institution which traditionally was based on lending money (as mortgages) to society members to purchase houses, from the pooled savings of other members or money borrowed wholesale.
Noun
building society (plural building societies)
- A type of financial institution which traditionally was based on lending money (as mortgages) to society members to purchase houses, from the pooled savings of other members or money borrowed wholesale.
building society meaning in Tamil
building society in Tamil
- கட்டுமானக் கழகம்
Forms of building society
| plural | building societies |
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Questions about building society
- What does building society mean?
- Building society means a type of financial institution which traditionally was based on lending money (as mortgages) to society members to purchase houses, from the pooled savings of other members or money borrowed wholesale.
- What is building society in Tamil?
- Building society in Tamil is கட்டுமானக் கழகம். See Building society meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is building society?
- Building society is a noun.
- What is the plural of building society?
- The plural of building society is building societies.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: building society (page history and authors); building society (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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