building and loan association
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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
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
He has $1,000 cash to pay down on it, and obtains a loan of $3,000, or 75 per cent, of the value of the property, from a building and loan association.
From Better Homes in America Plan Book for Demonstration Week October 9 to 14, 1922 by Meloney, Mrs W.B.
I've got a building and loan association going, out in the suburbs on the West Side, that's a dandy.
From The Pit by Norris, Frank
