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Meaning of "building society" in the English dictionary

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building society


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUILDING SOCIETY

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Building society is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BUILDING SOCIETY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Building society

A building society is a financial institution owned by its members as a mutual organisation. Building societies offer banking and related financial services, especially mortgage lending. These institutions are found in the United Kingdom and several other countries. The term "building society" first arose in the 18th century in Great Britain from cooperative savings groups. In the UK today, building societies actively compete with banks for most consumer banking services, especially mortgage lending and savings accounts. Every building society in the UK is a member of the Building Societies Association. At the start of 2008, there were 59 building societies in the UK, with total assets exceeding £360 billion. The number of societies in the UK fell by four during 2008 due to a series of mergers brought about, to a large extent, by the consequences of the financial crisis of 2007-2010. With three further mergers in each of 2009 and 2010, and a demutualisation and a merger in 2011, the current number of building societies is at 45.

Definition of building society in the English dictionary

The definition of building society in the dictionary is a cooperative organization that accepts deposits of money from savers and uses them to make loans, secured by mortgages, to house buyers. Since 1986 they have been empowered to offer banking services.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUILDING SOCIETY

builddown · builder · building · building and loan association · building block · building contractor · building industry · building labourer · building land · building line · building materials · building paper · building permit · building plot · building site · building trade · building trades · building worker · building works · buildings insurance

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUILDING SOCIETY

Audubon Society · benefit society · Big Society · civic society · civil society · class society · consumer society · debating society · dramatic society · friendly society · high society · honor society · humane society · John Birch Society · Law Society · polite society · preservation society · Royal Society · secret society · society · variety

Synonyms and antonyms of building society in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «building society» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUILDING SOCIETY

Find out the translation of building society to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of building society from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «building society» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

社会建设
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

sociedad de crédito hipotecario
570 millions of speakers
en

English

building society
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

बिल्डिंग सोसायटी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بناء المجتمع
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

строительный кооператив
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

construção da sociedade
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বিল্ডিং সমাজ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

société de construction
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

membina masyarakat
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Bausparkasse
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

住宅金融組合
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

건축 사회
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Bangunan masyarakat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xã hội xây dựng
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கட்டிடம் சமுதாயம்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

बिल्डिंग सोसायटी
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

yapı Kooperatifi
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

costruzione della società
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

building Society
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

будівельний кооператив
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

societate clădire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοινωνία κτιρίου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bouvereniging
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

samhällsbyggandet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

boligbyggelag
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of building society

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUILDING SOCIETY»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUILDING SOCIETY»

Discover the use of building society in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to building society and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts ACT 2008:
Royal assent, 26th November 2008. An Act to make provision for, and in connection with, money from dormant bank and building society accounts for social or environmental purposes. Explanatory notes to the Act will be available separately
‎2008
2
Building Society Industry (RLE Banking & Finance)
In this book which has become the standard work on building societies, the author takes into account both economic and regulatory changes which took place in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Mark J Boleat, 2012
3
Studies in Building Society Activity 1982-83
The article begins by commenting on the extent to which profit levels can usefully describe building society achievements and then moves on to assess the advantages and disadvantages of asset growth rates and management expense ratios ...
Mark Boleat ed.
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Studies in Building Society Activity 1980-1981
In all states, permanent building societies may lend on the security of mortgage over iand and in some states loans can be made on the security of building society shares {or deposits in New South Wales}. Although only Western Australia ...
Mark Boleat ed., 1982
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Rules of the Braintree and Bocking Permanent Benefit ...
Braintree and Bocking Permanent Benefit Building Society (BRAINTREE). Amalgamation with former Society. Members. Entrance Fees. Monthly Snbscrip - tions. )0 the plural, and words importing the plural number shall include the singular, ...
Braintree and Bocking Permanent Benefit Building Society (BRAINTREE), 1851
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Building Societies and Financial Services
l^ti HOLDINGS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF FINANCIAL PRODUCT, FEBRUARY/ MARCH 1989 Product % of Adufe Holding Product Building society account Bank account National Savings account National Giro account Company shares ...
Julian Kaye, 1989
7
Building the Village: A History of Bendigo Bank
new branch had grown 'pretty slowly' in the beginning.167 However, by 1981 Bendigo Building Society had seven branches (three of them in the Melbourne suburbs of Footscray, Sunshine, and Williamstown), 68 staff and 50 agencies. A year ...
Alan Mayne, 2008
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The Land Boomers: The Complete Illustrated History
Public anguish over these building society peculations had hardly died down when yet another series of brazen frauds was discovered. This time they involved the respected secretary of the South Melbourne Building Society, one Matthias ...
Michael Cannon, 1995
9
United Kingdom Building Society Introduction: Skipton ...
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge.
Books, LLC, General Books LLC, 2010
10
Practical Banking and Building Society Law
This book examines the law relating to banks and building societies, highlighting the differences in the regulation process andactivities of the two institutions.
Anu Arora, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUILDING SOCIETY»

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Former Yorkshire Building Society CEO to chair challenger bank
THE former chief executive of Yorkshire Building Society has been confirmed as the new chairman of banking group Shawbrook, four years ... «The Business Desk, Jul 15»
2
Yorkshire Building Society's Hour of Need campaign raises Marie …
COLLEAGUES at a building society branch in Dunfermline have been brewing up to mark a successful year of fund-raising for Marie Curie. «Dunfermline Press, Jul 15»
3
Building society reveals finance firm agreement
Earlier this year, The Northern Echo revealed DBS, which is the country's 21st largest building society, is moving online to nurture the next generation of savers. «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
4
Swindon Town announce major sponsorship deal with Nationwide …
The new deal, which will run until the end of the 2017/18 season, will see Nationwide Building Society become the official sponsor of the Don ... «Football Trade Directory, Jul 15»
5
IFA in tie-up with multi-branch building society
National independent advisory business Wren Sterling has reached an agreement with Darlington Building Society to offer in-branch financial ... «Professional Adviser, Jul 15»
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Tea party at town centre building society
Yorkshire Building Society staff, from left, Matt Hall, Julie Rawlings and Shannen Robson who hosted a free tea party for customers and the public to raise ... «The Bolton News, Jul 15»
7
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank marks 20yr anniversary from building
The Bendigo lender is marking 20 years this week since its own transition from building society to bank in 1995. Chairman Robert Johanson ... «ABC Local, Jul 15»
8
West Bridgford Building Society In 'Oar-Some' Channel Challenge
Staff at the West Bridgford Branch of The Nottingham Building Society (The Nottingham) are pulling together an oar-some fundraising event to ... «West Bridgford Wire, Jul 15»
9
Leeds Building Society completes broker division restructure
Leeds Building Society has finished restructuring its broker division with the appointment of two new intermediary development managers. «Mortgage Strategy, Jun 15»
10
King's Lynn branch of building society brews cup of good cheer
Lynn's branch of the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society has been brewing up a cup of good cheer for charity by holding a tea party at ... «Lynn News, Jun 15»
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