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thrift definition - finance
Another name for a savings and loan association, which is a depositary institution that issues mortgages and holds deposits for individuals. See also savings and loan.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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