BUILDING SOCIETY, similar to a Savings and Loan in the U.S., is a UK savings institution that specializes in loans for house purchase. Their members own building societies.
INDEX STOCK is a security listed on a stock index. See STOCK INDEX.
BACKCHARGE is to charge a person or a firm an amount of money in order to make adjustments for a previous transaction.
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