Definition of savings and loan association
: a cooperative association organized to hold savings of members in the form of dividend-bearing shares and to invest chiefly in home mortgage loans
— called also savings and loan
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Merriam-Webster unabridged
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Time Traveler for savings and loan association
The first known use of savings and loan association was in 1887
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