Definition of Credit union

1. Noun. A cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings.


Definition of Credit union

1. Noun. A financial cooperative similar to a bank but owned and controlled by its members, often restricted to a local area or sometimes to a single profession. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Credit Union

credit hour
credit limit
credit line
credit note
credit order
credit rating
credit reference
credit references
credit report
credit risk
credit score
credit scores
credit side
credit system
credit transfer
credit union (current term)
credit where credit's due
creditabilities
creditability
creditable
creditableness
creditably
credited
credited(p)
crediting
creditless
creditor
creditor's rights
creditors
creditour

Literary usage of Credit union

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Credit Unions: Available Information Indicates No Compelling Need for by Richard J. Hillman (2005)
"We found that the credit union industry lacks consensus on the desirability ... The credit union industry is divided on the merits and potential effects of ..."

2. Rural Credits, Land and Cooperative by Myron Timothy Herrick, R. Ingalls (1914)
"In 1848 Frangois Haeck organized the credit union of Brussels, "without capital stock, shareholders, dividends or lucrative object," for the purpose of ..."

3. The Plum Book: U. S. Government Policy and Supporting Positions for 9,000 by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"... INDEPENDENT AGENCIES NATIONAL credit union ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES ..."

4. Rural Denmark and Its Lessons by Henry Rider Haggard (1911)
"THE CREDIT-UNION BANKS BEFORE I went to Denmark I was especially asked by those in ... What do exist are Credit-Union Banks, which to a certain extent are ..."

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