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
Jackson Wang said he is going to move his mortgage with a top Chinese bank to the provident housing fund, which would lower his interest rate to 3.2% from the current 4.8%.
From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2023
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
Wickremesinghe said the government would safeguard local banks and employee provident funds it has borrowed from if need be.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2023
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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