what does credit union mean?

CREDIT UNION as NOUN

Meaning
- a cooperative depository financial institution whose members can obtain loans from their combined savings
Hypernyms(s) credit union is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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