savings bank : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: savings bank	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for savings bank
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
savings bank n a thrift institution in the northeastern United States; since deregulation in the 1980s they offer services competitive with many commercial banks a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty" Synonym(s): savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Saving \Sav"ing\, n. 1. Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy. 2. Exception; reservation. Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty. --L'Estrange. {Savings bank}, a bank in which savings or earnings are deposited and put at interest.