| 单词 | post-office savings-bank |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspost-office savings-bank post-office savings-bank n. a bank having branches at local post offices where sums within fixed limits were received on government security at a fixed rate of interest (now historical in the United Kingdom). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > bank > savings bank saving bank1808 savings bank1813 saving institution1816 savings institution1819 trustee bank1841 penny bank1849 post-office savings-bank1861 1861 Act 24 & 25 Victoria c. 14 Post Office Savings Banks..An Act to grant additional Facilities for depositing small Savings at Interest, with the Security of the Government for due Repayment thereof [17th May 1861]. Whereas it is expedient..to make the General Post Office available for that Purpose. 1936 M. Allingham Flowers for Judge xi. 172 Mr. Campion turned over the battered cardboard-backed book... ‘Post Office Savings Bank?.. Whose is it?’ 2004 Liquid Afr. (Nexis) 1 Nov. At building societies and the Post Office Savings Bank.., it [sc. cheque clearance] will take seven working days in Harare and Bulawayo. < as lemmas |
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