friendly society
noun/ˈfrendli səsaɪəti/
/ˈfrendli səsaɪəti/
- (in the UK) an organization that people pay regular amounts of money to and that gives them money when they are ill or oldWord Originoriginally the name of a particular fire-insurance company operating c.1700.
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