building and loan association
Example Sentences
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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 • Sep. 5, 2021
Then, to help his members save money to buy homes, he started a laborers building and loan association.
From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2020
With some other sound young men of like quality, he established a building and loan association, one of those banks of the people which flourished in those days.
From The Young Man and the World by Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah
He and some other enterprising citizens had a building and loan association.
From Danny's Own Story by Marquis, Don
A building and loan association is organized by a group of persons in a neighborhood, uniting to form a corporation under the laws of the state, every member to subscribe for one or more shares.
From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert
