friendly society

noun

1. an association of people who pay regular dues or other sums in return for old-age pensions, sickness benefits, etc US termbenefit society

Example Sentences

It had been successful, for at three-and-twenty, blighted affections find a balm in friendly society, and young nerves will thrill, young blood dance, and healthy young spirits rise, when subjected to the enchantment of beauty, light, music, and motion.

From Literature

Erik Vynckier, a non-executive director of British insurer Foresters Friendly Society, said outsourcing made sense for firms with less than 500 million euros under management.

From Reuters

But even as he spoke I remembered those advertisements seen often in good class magazines where a friendly society demands succour for young women in reduced circumstances; I thought of the type of boarding-house that answers the advertisement and gives temporary shelter, and then I saw myself, useless sketchbook in hand, without qualifications of any kind, stammering replies to stern employment agents.

From Literature

“I am convinced that in order to fight terrorism and to win, we have to build a more friendly society, and on a lot of levels we have to be inclusive,” he said.

From New York Times

According to Mississippi’s Clarion-Ledger newspaper many of Condor’s $313m assets were transferreed to Condor Guaranty, a firm Milam reportedly worked to set up under the Bahamian Friendly Society which apparently offered services to members only.

From The Guardian