thrift noun [U] ( BANK )

[ C ]

a type of bank in the US that allows you to save money or borrow money to buy a house

（美國可用來儲蓄和貸款購房的一類銀行）儲蓄銀行

These days , thrifts place most of their money into boring but safe mortgages . 當今儲蓄銀行把絕大部分資金投入到乏味但安全的抵押借款中。 ( thrift 在 劍橋英語-中文（繁體）詞典 的翻譯 © Cambridge University Press) The main explanation given for this view was that children would not learn good habits of thrift , hard work and independence if they knew they would inherit lots of money. 來自 Cambridge English Corpus Probably the brain's preservation of topological relationships is no mere byproduct of thrift -in-wiring, but also an enabling condition for image-exploiting processes of information-extraction. 來自 Cambridge English Corpus Each regulatory agency has their own set of rules and regulations to which banks and thrifts must adhere. 來自

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However, 1 infected animal (no. 11) showed chronic ill- thrift and a lower growth rate than the other animals. 來自 Cambridge English Corpus Thrifts were not-for-profit cooperative organizations that were typically managed by the membership and local institutions that served well-defined groups of aspiring homeowners. 來自

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In fact, we are anxious to increase thrift , but to see that its funds are properly safeguarded. 來自

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without anyone watching to make sure that nothing dangerous or wrong is done or happening