(in South Asia) an institution which accepts savings at interest and lends money for house and other purchases.
Example sentencesExamples
- However, these days, that notion has been changed by chit fund and gold deposit schemes started by enterprising jewellers.
- The Reserve Bank of India has directed all nidi companies, chit funds and non-banking financial companies holding public deposits to submit annual statutory returns on deposits before 30 September.
- The fact is that micro-credit services have existed from time immemorial through chit funds, pawnbrokers and the ubiquitous money-lender (collectively known as the informal credit market).
- It is perhaps this aspect that tempts lay individuals join a chit fund in a hurry only to lament later.