provident
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When his public provident fund - a government-backed tax-free investment - matured last year, he sought a way to secure his retirement.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
This, too, turned out to be provident for the driver, as the area in which he crashed has little to no cellphone reception.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
It may be necessary to restructure loans obtained locally with proper safeguards for banks and employees’ provident funds from which the government has borrowed, he said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
The city of 5.5 million people also urged banks to cut minimum down payments for housing provident funds, used to help fund home purchases.
From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2022
Housewives of a provident turn of mind filled their cupboards with treacle as a medicine for bad air, and with home-made plasters called Flos Unguentorum for the rheumatics and musk- balls to smell.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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