thrift (savings) institution

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• savings and loan association — noun a thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgages • Syn: ↑savings and loan • Hypernyms: ↑thrift institution • Hyponyms: ↑building society * * * noun : a cooperative association …   Useful english dictionary

• thrift — [θrɪft] noun 1. [countable] also thrift institution FINANCE ORGANIZATIONS in the US, a Savings and Loan Association or savings bank …   Financial and business terms

• thrift — n: an institution that promotes saving and provides mortgages; esp: savings and loan association – called also thrift institution; Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

• thrift institution — n. A savings and loan or savings bank; also called a thrift The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. thrift institution …   Law dictionary

• thrift — [thrift] n. [ME < ON < thrifast, to prosper: see THRIVE] 1. Obs. a) the condition of thriving; prosperity b) physical thriving; vigorous growth 2. careful management of one s money or resources; economy; frugality 3. any of a genus (Armeria …   English World dictionary

• thrift — /thrift/, n. 1. economical management; economy; frugality. 2. Also called thrift institution. Banking. a savings and loan association, savings bank, or credit union. 3. Also called sea pink. any alpine and maritime plant belonging to the genus… …   Universalium

• Savings and loan crisis — The savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and 1990s (commonly referred to as the S L crisis) was the failure of 747 savings and loan associations (S Ls) in the United States. The ultimate cost of the crisis is estimated to have totaled around… …   Wikipedia

• Savings and loan association — A savings and loan association, also known as a thrift, is a financial institution that specializes in accepting savings deposits and making mortgage loans. The term is mainly used in the United States; similar institutions in the United Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• thrift institution — An organization formed as a depository for primarily consumer savings. Savings and loan associations and savings banks are thrift institutions. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * thrift institution UK US noun [C] (also thrift) BANKING, PROPERTY …   Financial and business terms

• thrift institution — noun a depository financial institution intended to encourage personal savings and home buying • Hypernyms: ↑depository financial institution, ↑bank, ↑banking concern, ↑banking company • Hyponyms: ↑savings and loan, ↑savings and loan association …   Useful english dictionary

• Savings bank (Spain) — In Spain, a savings bank (Spanish: caja de ahorro or informally just caja , Catalan: caixa d estalvis ) is a financial institution which specializes in accepting savings deposits and granting loans. Their original aim was to create the habit of… …   Wikipedia