Meanings
nouncredit union (plural credit unions)
plural credit unions
- businessA financial cooperative similar to a bank but owned and controlled by its members, often restricted to a local area or sometimes to a single profession.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 信用合作社, 儲蓄互助社 /储蓄互助社
- 信用合作社 (xìnyòng hézuòshè)financial cooperative
- 儲蓄互助社 /储蓄互助社 (chǔxù hùzhùshè)financial cooperative
Finnish osuuspankki
- osuuspankkifinancial cooperative
French banque coopérative
- banque coopérativefinancial cooperative
German Genossenschaftsbank, Kreditgenossenschaft
- Genossenschaftsbankfinancial cooperative
- Kreditgenossenschaftfinancial cooperative
Greek πιστωτικός συνεταιρισμός
- πιστωτικός συνεταιρισμός (pistotikós synetairismós)financial cooperative
Icelandic lánasamvinnufélag
- lánasamvinnufélagfinancial cooperative
Japanese 信用協同組合
- 信用協同組合 (shin'yō kyōdō kumiai)financial cooperative
Māori uniana whakanama
- uniana whakanamafinancial cooperative
Portuguese cooperativa de crédito
- cooperativa de créditofinancial cooperative
Romanian uniune de credit, bancă-cooperativă
- uniune de creditfinancial cooperative
- bancă-cooperativăfinancial cooperative
Russian креди́тный кооперати́в, креди́тный сою́з
- креди́тный кооперати́в (kredítnyj kooperatív)financial cooperative
- креди́тный сою́з (kredítnyj sojúz)financial cooperative
- кооперати́вный банк (kooperatívnyj bank)financial cooperative
Tagalog kaisahang pamantaw
- kaisahang pamantawfinancial cooperative
Cite this entry
APA
credit union. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credit%20union
MLA
“credit union.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credit%20union. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “credit union,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/credit%20union.
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