Phrase guide

savings bank

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A type of financial institution that focuses on retail banking: savings of private depositors, payments, credits and insurances for individuals or small and medium-sized enterprises.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the coin bank was empty

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: coin bank, money box, bank

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: container

Narrower terms: piggy bank, penny bank

3

noun

Meaning 3

a thrift institution in the northeastern United States; since deregulation in the 1980s they offer services competitive with many commercial banks

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: thrift institution

Narrower terms: mutual savings bank, MSB, federal savings bank, FSB

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: спестовна каса (spestovna kasa) — financial institution
  • Catalan: caixa d'estalvis — financial institution
  • Chinese Mandarin: 儲蓄銀行 /储蓄银行 (chǔxù yínháng) — financial institution
  • Chinese Mandarin: 儲蓄所 /储蓄所 (chǔxùsuǒ) — financial institution
  • Czech: spořitelna — financial institution
  • Danish: sparekasse — financial institution
  • Dutch: bank — financial institution
  • Dutch: spaarbank — financial institution
  • Estonian: hoiupank — financial institution
  • Finnish: säästöpankki — financial institution
  • French: caisse d'épargne — financial institution
  • French: banque d'épargne — financial institution
  • Galician: caixa de aforros — financial institution
  • German: Sparkasse — financial institution
  • Hungarian: takarék — financial institution
  • Hungarian: takarékpénztár — financial institution
  • Irish: banc taisce — financial institution
  • Japanese: 貯蓄銀行 (chochiku ginkō) — financial institution
  • Japanese: 銀行 (ginkō) — financial institution
  • Korean: 저축은행 (jeochugeunhaeng) — financial institution
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sparebank — financial institution
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sparebank — financial institution
  • Polish: bank oszczędnościowy — financial institution
  • Portuguese: caixa económica — financial institution
  • Portuguese: caixa econômica — financial institution
  • Romanian: casă de economii — financial institution
  • Russian: сберега́тельный банк (sberegátelʹnyj bank) — financial institution
  • Russian: сберба́нк (sberbánk) — financial institution
  • Russian: сберега́тельная ка́сса (sberegátelʹnaja kássa) — financial institution
  • Russian: сберка́сса (sberkássa) — financial institution
  • Serbo-Croatian: штедио́ница — financial institution
  • Serbo-Croatian: štediónica — financial institution
  • Slovak: sporiteľňa — financial institution
  • Spanish: caja de ahorros — financial institution
  • Swedish: sparbank — financial institution
  • Tagalog: simpanang bangko — financial institution
  • Turkish: yatırım bankası — financial institution
  • Ukrainian: оща́дний банк (oščádnyj bank) — financial institution