#thrift_institution  a depository financial institution intended to encourage personal savings and home buying
  supertype:  #depository_financial_institution__bank__banking_concern__bankingconcern__banking_company__bankingcompany  a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities; "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that bank holds the mortgage on my home"
  subtype:  #savings_and_loan_association__savings_and_loan__savingsandloan  a thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgages
     subtype:  #building_society  British equivalent of United States savings and loan association
  subtype:  #savings_bank__savingsbank  a thrift institution in the northeastern United States; since deregulation in the 1980s they offer services competitive with many commercial banks
     subtype:  #mutual_savings_bank__MSB  a state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees
     subtype:  #federal_savings_bank__federalsavingsbank__FSB  a federally chartered savings bank

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