friendly societynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfrend.li səˌsaɪ.ə.ti/us/ˈfrend.li səˌsaɪ.ə.t̬i/UKin Britain, an organization to which members pay small amounts of money over a long period so that when they are ill or old they will receive money back
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Organizations, Societies & clubs
- Assn
- Assoc
- association
- book club
- brotherhood
- commission
- committee
- empire
- fan club
- FC
- feeder club
- foundation
- housing association
- insignia
- monolith
- secret society
- select committee
- society
- the lower orders idiom
- the old guard
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Examples from literature
- Friendly societies and trade unions have their badges, banners, and buttons.
- Friendly societies have largely taken to investing their surplus funds in loans to members on the building society principle.
- With this intention, he established two friendly societies in the place, and afterwards a local bank for the savings of the industrious.