thrift institution

thrift institution definition - finance
A financial organization that accepts primarily savings account deposits and then invests most of the proceeds in mortgages. Savings banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions are thrift institutions.

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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