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building society

NOUN
savings and loan association
Synonyms
WEAK
S and L S&L bank building and loan association savings bank savings institution thrift thrift institution

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Customers with bank accounts in the UK will see a significant increase in the amount of money that is protected if their bank or building society collapses.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

Last year, a Nationwide advert featuring actor Dominic West that claimed the building society was not closing branches was banned.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

The UK's biggest building society, the Nationwide, has pledged to keep all of its 696 branches open until at least 2030.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

And the building society said it wanted to protect vulnerable people and offer more support services.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

The savings and loans association, or the thrift, was a strange banking hybrid, very much akin to the building society in Britain.

From Crime and Corruption by Vaknin, Samuel