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provident society

noun

  1. another name for friendly society
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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In 1941, in Newcastle, the Blaydon District Industrial and Provident Society was fined £290 after it sold two pounds of apples for about £11 when the maximum price was £4.

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Mr Westley said the new company was a not-for-profit industrial and provident society and people could buy a maximum of £20,000 worth of shares.

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The usual £20,000 maximum individual holding under Industrial and Provident Society legislation does not apply.

Gen Community is an "industrial and provident society" that has been set up to develop and invest in low-carbon energy projects, and is aiming to raise £1m to install solar panels on 240 homes in the Newport area of south Wales.

It was built in the year 1859, by the St. John County Provident Society, which up to this time had an office in the old Commercial Bank building.

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