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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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The British have traditionally kept their savings with a *building society or in a *Post Office savings account (now called *National Savings); the latter is money on loan to the government, at fixed rates of interest in a variety of schemes, which can be deposited or withdrawn at any post office or high-street bank. A savings scheme in the form of a lottery was introduced in 1956 as *premium bonds.
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