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savings bank definition

savings bank

  1. a bank in which savings may be deposited; esp., a banking establishment whose business is to receive and invest depositors' savings, on which it pays interest
  2. ☆ a small container with a slot for receiving coins to be saved

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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