🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

cassa di risparmio

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈkassa di risˈparmjo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Savings bank/ˈseɪ.vɪŋz ˌbæŋk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ha aperto un libretto presso la cassa di risparmio."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A financial institution that receives small savings and pays interest on them, traditionally designed to serve individuals and small-scale savers rather than commercial enterprises.

    "She opened an account at the local savings bank to put aside money for a rainy day."
  2. 2

    A mutual savings bank or similar cooperative financial entity owned by its depositors rather than by outside shareholders.

    "The historic savings bank merged with a larger credit union last year."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the present participle of 'save' (from Old French 'sauver', ultimately deriving from Latin 'salvare') with 'bank' (from Italian 'banca', meaning a bench or money-changer's table). Established in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, savings banks were originally created as philanthropic institutions to encourage thrift among the working classes.

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