savings bank

noun

A type of financial institution that focuses on retail banking: savings of private depositors, payments, credits and insurances for individuals or small and medium-sized enterprises.

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coin bankmoney boxbank
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Meanings

nounsavings bank (plural savings banks)

plural savings banks · alternative savings-bank

  1. A type of financial institution that focuses on retail banking: savings of private depositors, payments, credits and insurances for individuals or small and medium-sized enterprises.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home

Similar
coin bankmoney boxbank
Broader
container
Also see
bankmoney box

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic مَصْرِفُ اِدِّخَار, بَنْكُ اِدِّخَار
  • مَصْرِفُ اِدِّخَار (maṣrifu iddiḵār)financial institution
  • بَنْكُ اِدِّخَار (banku iddiḵār)financial institution
Bulgarian спесто́вна ка́са
  • спесто́вна ка́са (spestóvna kása)financial institution
Catalan caixa d'estalvis
  • caixa d'estalvisfinancial institution
Chinese Mandarin 儲蓄銀行 /储蓄银行, 儲蓄所 /储蓄所
  • 儲蓄銀行 /储蓄银行 (chǔxù yínháng)financial institution
  • 儲蓄所 /储蓄所 (chǔxùsuǒ)financial institution
Czech spořitelna
  • spořitelnafinancial institution
Danish sparekasse
  • sparekassefinancial institution
Dutch bank, spaarbank
  • bankfinancial institution
  • spaarbankfinancial institution
Estonian hoiupank
  • hoiupankfinancial institution
Finnish säästöpankki
  • säästöpankkifinancial institution
French caisse d'épargne, banque d'épargne
  • caisse d'épargnefinancial institution
  • banque d'épargnefinancial institution
German Sparkasse
  • Sparkassefinancial institution
Greek ταμιευτήριο
  • ταμιευτήριο (tamieftírio)financial institution
Hungarian takarék, takarékpénztár
  • takarékfinancial institution
  • takarékpénztárfinancial institution
Irish banc taisce
  • banc taiscefinancial institution
Italian cassa di risparmio
  • cassa di risparmiofinancial institution
Japanese 貯蓄銀行, 銀行
  • 貯蓄銀行 (chochiku ginkō)financial institution
  • 銀行 (ginkō)financial institution
Korean 저축은행
  • 저축은행 (jeochugeunhaeng)financial institution
Lithuanian taupomasis bankas
  • taupomasis bankasfinancial institution
Norwegian Bokmål sparebank
  • sparebankfinancial institution
Polish bank oszczędnościowy
  • bank oszczędnościowyfinancial institution
Portuguese caixa económica, caixa econômica
  • caixa económicafinancial institution
  • caixa econômicafinancial institution
Romanian casă de economii
  • casă de economiifinancial institution
Russian сберега́тельный банк, сберба́нк
  • сберега́тельный банк (sberegátelʹnyj bank)financial institution
  • сберба́нк (sberbánk)financial institution
  • сберега́тельная ка́сса (sberegátelʹnaja kássa)financial institution
  • сберка́сса (sberkássa)financial institution
Slovak sporiteľňa
  • sporiteľňafinancial institution
Spanish caja de ahorros
  • caja de ahorrosfinancial institution
Swedish sparbank
  • sparbankfinancial institution
Tagalog simpanang bangko
  • simpanang bangkofinancial institution
Turkish yatırım bankası
  • yatırım bankasıfinancial institution
Ukrainian оща́дний банк, оща́дна ка́са
  • оща́дний банк (oščádnyj bank)financial institution
  • оща́дна ка́са (oščádna kása)financial institution
Cite this entry
APA

savings bank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/savings%20bank

MLA

“savings bank.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/savings%20bank. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “savings bank,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/savings%20bank.

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