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savings and loan

savings and loan noun: synonym of building society.

Noun

savings and loan (plural savings and loans)

  1. (US) Synonym of building society.
    • Sure, if we own an aerospace contracting company, a five-thousand-acre sugar-beet farm, or a savings and loan with the president's son on the board of directors, we can soak Uncle Sucker for millions.2015, P. J. O'Rourke, Thrown Under the Omnibus: A Reader

Synonyms of savings and loan

Forms of savings and loan

pluralsavings and loans

Origin of savings and loan

Short for savings and loan association.

Questions about savings and loan

What does savings and loan mean?
Savings and loan means synonym of building society.
What part of speech is savings and loan?
Savings and loan is a noun.
What is the plural of savings and loan?
The plural of savings and loan is savings and loans.

Words near savings and loan in the dictionary

  1. savingram
  2. savingrams
  3. savings
  4. savings account
  5. savings accounts
  6. savings and loan
  7. savings and loan association
  8. savings and loan associations
  9. savings and loans
  10. savings bank
  11. savings banks

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