(friendly societies)
A ~ is an organization to which people regularly pay small amounts of money and which then gives them money when they retire or when they are ill. (BRIT)
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(friendly societies)
A ~ is an organization to which people regularly pay small amounts of money and which then gives them money when they retire or when they are ill. (BRIT)
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Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012