building society

English

Noun

building society (plural building societies)

(Britain, Australia, 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: 建築房屋互助協會, 建筑房屋互助协会 (jiànzhù fángwū hùzhù xiéhuì), 建房互助會, 建房互助会 (jiànfáng hùzhùhuì)
Finnish: hypoteekkiyhdistys
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

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