Meanings
plural savings and loans
- USbusinessSynonym of building society.
Sure, if we own an aerospace contracting company, a five-thousand-acre sugar-beet farm, or a savings and loan with the president's son on the board of directors, we can soak Uncle Sucker for millions.
2015, P. J. O'Rourke, Thrown Under the Omnibus: A ReaderSynonyms: building society
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of building society.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgages
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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savings and loan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/savings%20and%20loan
“savings and loan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/savings%20and%20loan. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “savings and loan,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/savings%20and%20loan.
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