building and loan association

noun

1. a US name for building society

Example Sentences

I am planning to apply for a loan from the State Building and Loan Association, Superior, for the remainder.

From Slate

When Marshall Black, a Republican state senator, was recalled in 1912 by Santa Clara voters, he had been convicted of stealing $124,000 from the building and loan association where he once worked.

From Los Angeles Times

Then, to help his members save money to buy homes, he started a laborers building and loan association.

From Washington Post

Remember the bank-run scene in the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life”? Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, head of the local building and loan association, explains the fragility of banking as an enterprise.

From New York Times

First Tuskegee’s website says the bank has two offices in Montgomery and one in Tuskegee, where it was created as Tuskegee Cooperative Building and Loan Association.

From Washington Times