savings bank

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savings bank - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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     2. Exception; reservation.
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              Contend not with those that are too strong for us,
              but still with a saving to honesty.   --L'Estrange.
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     Savings bank, a bank in which savings or earnings are
        deposited and put at interest.
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savings bank - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  savings bank
      n 1: a thrift institution in the northeastern United States;
           since deregulation in the 1980s they offer services
           competitive with many commercial banks
      2: a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping
         money at home; "the coin bank was empty" [syn: savings   bank
         , coin bank, money box, bank]