building society

英 [ˈbɪldɪŋ səsaɪəti]

美 [ˈbɪldɪŋ səsaɪəti]

n.  房屋互助协会(提供住房贷款及储蓄服务)

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牛津词典

noun

• 房屋互助协会（提供住房贷款及储蓄服务）
  an organization like a bank that lends money to people who want to buy a house. People also save money with a building society .

柯林斯词典

• 购房互助协会；建屋互助会
  In Britain, abuilding societyis a business which will lend you money when you want to buy a house. You can also invest money in a building society, where it will earn interest.

英英释义

noun

• British equivalent of United States savings and loan association

双语例句

• Building society is warning of mortgage rationing.
  住宅互助协会警告说要限额分配抵押借款。
• You should put the money in the building society where it will earn interest.
  你应该把钱存在建屋互助会，可以得到利息。
• Lord Lawson instances the old Halifax building society, which in its heyday channelled savings from the north of the UK to the more free-spending south.
  劳森爵士举了古老的哈利法克斯建房互助社（HalifaxBuildingSociety）的例子。在鼎盛时期，该协会将储蓄从英国北部地区导向花费更随意的南方。
• I was in debt with the bank and the building society, but my father helped me in my hour of need and made me an interest-free loan.
  我欠了银行和建屋互助金的债，但我父亲在我困难时给了我帮助，向我提供无息贷款。
• They find a house, agree a price, and take out a mortgage through their building society.
  他们找到一处房子，谈妥价格，通过住房互助协会办理了抵押贷款。
• He put his savings in a building society.
  他把自己的积蓄投资在房屋互助协会。
• To this end the building society funds a wide selection of sporting activities for employees, including the nationwide athletics club.
  为达到这一目的，该协会提供资金，让雇员去参加多种多样的体育活动，其中包括设立nationwide体育俱乐部。
• The research from the Yorkshire Building Society found many women are making equally conventional choices.
  这项来自约克郡建房合做社的研究同时显示，许多女人和男人一样，都做出了保守的选择。
• Interest is a payment to the bank or the building society for lending him the money.
  利息是向借给他钱的银行或建筑团体支付的款项。
• The surveyor's report was lodged with the building society.
  测量员的报告寄存在建房互助会。