building society

English

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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.

Coordinate terms

• (UK banking): credit union, mutual savings bank, savings and loan (US banking)

Translations

financial institution

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 建房互助會／建房互助会 (jiànfáng hùzhùhuì)

• Finnish: hypoteekkiyhdistys
• French: caisse d’épargne (fr)
• German: Bausparkasse (de) f
• Greek: οικοδομικός συνεταιρισμός m (oikodomikós synetairismós)
• Japanese: 住宅金融組合 (じゅうたくきんゆうくみあい, jūtaku kin'yū kumiai)
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• Russian: строи́тельное о́бщество n (stroítelʹnoje óbščestvo), строи́тельная сберега́тельная ка́сса f (stroítelʹnaja sberegátelʹnaja kássa)
• Spanish: sociedad de préstamo inmobiliario f