Princeton's WordNet

1. building society(noun)

   British equivalent of United States savings and loan association

Wiktionary

1. building society(Noun)

   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.

• bougenootskapAfrikaans
• جَمْعِيَّةُ بِناء أو شِراء مَساكِنArabic
• организация, отпущаща заеми на своите членове за построяване/купуване на жилищаBulgarian
• financiadora de imóveisPortuguese (BR)
• stavební spořitelnaCzech
• die BaugenossenschaftGerman
• kreditforeningDanish
• στεγαστική τράπεζαGreek
• sociedad hipotecariaSpanish
• ehitusühingEstonian
• بانک رهنیFarsi
• hypoteekkiyhdistysFinnish
• société de crédit immobilierFrench
• חֶבְרַת בְּנִייָהHebrew
• सोसाइटी निर्मात्ताHindi
• građevinaCroatian
• lakásépítő szövetkezetHungarian
• perusahaan kredit bangunanIndonesian
• società di credito immobiliareItalian
• 住宅金融組合Japanese
• 주택 조합Korean
• statybos kredito firmaLithuanian
• krājaizdevumu sabiedrība (celtniecībai vai māju pirkšanai)Latvian
• syarikat pembinaanMalay
• hypotheekbankDutch
• boligbyggelag; boligselskapNorwegian
• towarzystwo budowlanePolish
• بانک رهنیPersian
• ساختمانی ټولنهPashto
• sociedade de empréstimoPortuguese
• финансово-кредитная строительная фирмаRussian
• stavebná spoločnosťSlovak
• stanovanjsko kreditna družbaSlovenian
• preduzimačko društvoSerbian
• byggnadsföreningSwedish
• องค์กรธุรกิจที่ปล่อยสินเชื่อเพื่อการสร้างบ้านหรือซื้อบ้านThai
• yapı kredi kurumu, yapı kredi kooperatifiTurkish
• 房貸信用合作社Chinese (Trad.)
• житлобудівна коопераціяUkrainian
• تعمیری انجمنUrdu
• hội chơi hụi để mua nhàVietnamese
• 建房互助协会Chinese (Simp.)