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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Economics) Designating, or pertaining to, a form of coöperative bank founded among the German agrarian population by Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818-88); The banks are unlimited-liability institutions making small loans at a low rate of interest, for a designated purpose, to worthy members only.

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