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Meanings of mutual aid society in English

Spanish
asociacion benefica

An organizational or voluntary association, formed to provide mutual aid, benefit, or insurance for relief from sundry difficulties.

        asociacion benefica
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        Examples for "benefit society"
        Examples for "benefit society"
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        He was later elected to AFC's community benefit society board and football board.
        The Guardian
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        Social enterprises are businesses with a mission to benefit society or the environment.
        Reuters
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        And the average mind-jumpingat conclusions-reasonsthat liberal spenders benefit society.
        Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 / Little J...
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        With that it rests whether the machine will benefit society, or destroy it.
        Coningsby; Or, The New Generation
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        She joined a benefit society, to which she paid 50 cents a month.
        Making Both Ends Meet: The income and outlay of New York working...
        Usage of mutual aid society in English
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        Did he owe some mutual aid society six-and-four-pence?
        Put Yourself in His Place
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        Anyway, I'm putting together a sort of mutual aid society for the spousal companions of Ben Malley.
        The mammoth book of the best of best new sf
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        The Massachusetts Mutual Aid Society, an organization for life insurance, was incorporated in 1875, and its members now number several thousands.
        The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885
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        The fellow had a pretty fancy in names: the "Orb" Deposit Bank, the "Sceptre" Mutual Aid Society, the "Thrift and Independence" Association.
        Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
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        In 1994, a member of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah bombed the Argentine Jewish Mutual Aid Society building in Buenos Aires, killing 85 people.
        Reuters
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        In 1994, an Iran-backed Hezbollah member drove a van filled with explosives to the Argentine Jewish Mutual Aid Society (AMIA) building, killing 85 people.
        Reuters