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building society noun

  • (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, 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.
 строи́тельная сберега́тельная ка́сса, строи́тельное о́бщество
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