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CREDIT UNION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does credit union mean?
• CREDIT UNION (noun)
The noun CREDIT UNION has 1 sense:
1. a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings
Familiarity information: CREDIT UNION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("credit union" is a kind of...):
bank; banking company; banking concern; depository financial institution (a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities)
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