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savings bank

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Source : WordNet®

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: {coin bank},
         {money box}, {bank}]
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