(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, banking ) 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.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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