savings and loan association: Meaning and Definition of

sav'ings and loan' associa"tion

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  1. a cooperative savings institution, chartered and regulated by a state or the federal government, that receives deposits in exchange for shares of ownership and invests its funds chiefly in loans secured by first mortgages on homes. Also called
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