provident club

provident club

n
(Commerce) Brit a hire-purchase system offered by some large retail organizations
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Kelly, 31, told McGeown of his plan to strangle 64-year-old Nessa and steal the money she collected as a provident club agent.
Lord Brailsford said Nessa, who was collecting money for a local provident club, failed to arrive home on August 30, 2002, and her whereabouts remained a mystery until her body was found in January this year.
He encouraged employers to establish savings banks for workers as well as penny banks for their children; he advocated the creation of building societies and provident clubs and also encouraged employers to work at educating employees on how to best spend and use their wages.