Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

building society

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English

Syllables
build-ing -so-ci-ety
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of financial institution which traditionally was based on lending money (as mortgages) to society members to purchase houses, from the pooled savings of other members or money borrowed wholesale.

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

building societies (plural)

Phrases

share account

Frequently Paired Words

share account credit union mutual savings bank savings and loan thrift

Questions

What does building society mean?
A type of financial institution which traditionally was based on lending money (as mortgages) to society members to purchase houses, from the pooled savings of other members or money borrowed wholesale.

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