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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RAIFFEISEN

RAIFFEISEN Raif "fei `sen, a. (Economics )

 

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

 

Duden Dictionary

Raiffeisen

Raiff ei sen Eigenname |R ai ffeisen |Familienname

 

Raiffeisenbank

Raiff ei sen bank Substantiv, feminin , die |R ai ffeisenbank |Plural Raiffeisenbanken Bestandteil des Namens bestimmter Genossenschaftsbanken