名詞 building society:

1. British equivalent of United States savings and loan association

1. I have an account with the Halifax building society.
   我在哈利法克斯建筑房屋互助協(xié)會設(shè)有帳戶。
2. The building society will be forced to foreclose on this mortgage because regular payments have not been made.
   住宅互助協(xié)會被迫取消這項抵押的贖取權(quán)，因為沒有交納定期的付款。
3. The bank and the building society are in the same office-block.
   銀行和房屋建筑協(xié)會在同一座辦公大樓里。
4. If you want a safe investment, you could do a lot worse than put your money in the building society.
   要想投資而不冒風(fēng)險，不如把錢投資到房屋建筑協(xié)會。