单词 | building society |
释义 | building societyWord family nounbuilderbuildingbuilding blockbuilding societyadjectivebuiltbuilt-inbuilt-upverbbuild Bankingˈbuilding soˌciety noun [countableC] British EnglishBrEBFB a type of bank that you pay money into in order to save it and earn interest, and that will lend you money to buy a house or apartment 购房[房屋]互助协会〔接受会员存款并付给利息、会员购房时提供贷款的商业机构〕 SYN American English savings and loan association Examples from the Corpus building society• Ramzan is being sued for £30,000 by a building society.• His loan, from a building society, was for £50,000.• A building society is not concerned with public or local government or the provision of a public service.• So ask your building society what you could lose or gain from a remortgage. From Longman Business Dictionary building societyˈbuilding soˌciety noun (plural building societies) [countableC] British EnglishBrEFINANCEORGANIZATIONS an organization providing financial services to customers, especially lending money in the form of MORTGAGEs to buy a house or flat and paying interest to savers. Building societies were originally formed to help people buy or build houses with money from people who saved with the society I would have been better off investing in a building society investment account. |
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