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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.


Translations for building society

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

building society(noun)

a business firm that lends money for building or buying houses.

  • 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.)

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