| savings bank n. A bank that receives and invests the savings of private depositors and pays interest on the deposits. |
savings bank
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1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) a bank that accepts the savings of depositors and pays interest on them
2. a container, usually having a slot in the top, for saving coins
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| Noun | 1. |  savings bank - a thrift institution in the northeastern United States; since deregulation in the 1980s they offer services competitive with many commercial banksthrift institution - a depository financial institution intended to encourage personal savings and home buying MSB, mutual savings bank - a state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees federal savings bank, FSB - a federally chartered savings bank |
| 2. |  savings bank - a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty"container - any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) penny bank, piggy bank - a child's coin bank (often shaped like a pig) |
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