Definition that contains thrift institution
- savings and loan a thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgages
- savings and loan association a thrift institution that is required by law to make a certain percentage of its loans as home mortgages
- federal home loan bank system the central credit system for thrift institutions
- savings bank a thrift institution in the northeastern United States; since deregulation in the 1980s they offer services competitive with many commercial banks
- home loan bank one of 11 regional banks that monitor and make short-term credit advances to thrift institutions in their region