单词 | saving fund |
释义 | > as lemmassaving fund a. With the first element in singular form, as saving deposit, saving fund, saving incentive, etc.Recorded earliest in saving box n. at Compounds 2a. ΚΠ 1691 A. Gavin Frauds Romish Monks 151 I have since understood, that all Tradesmen in Italy do each of them keep a Saving-box, into which they put what Mony they can spare during the whole Year in order to their going in Pilgrimage. 1815 Times 21 Dec. 4/1 A..Meeting..was held..to consider of the propriety of establishing..a Provident Society, or Saving Fund, for the secure investment to poor persons of small sums of money. 1884 Liverpool Mercury 21 June 5/3 It is an ungracious duty to preach saving habits when times are bad. 1939 G. von Haberler Prosperity & Depression (rev. ed.) 197 It has been widely assumed that, for very low rates of interest, the saving incentive for the community as a whole tends to vanish. 1987 N. Frumkin Tracking America's Econ. vii. 215 Saving deposits may forfeit some interest payments if withdrawn before certain dates. 2008 I. Bode Culture of Welfare Markets iii. 74 Low-income earners had been enticed..to purchase saving plans offering few or no tax incentives. < as lemmas |
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