also: しんそ
credit association; credit union
Abbreviation of 信用組合 (credit cooperative) or 信用協同組合 (credit cooperative association). Used in financial contexts.
See also: 信用組合 (しんようくみあい) · 信用協同組合 (しんようきょうどうくみあい)
I opened an account at a local credit association.
The credit association provides loans to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Standard abbreviation for 信用組合 or 信用協同組合. The reading しんくみ is the most common.
Alternate reading しんそ is less common and may be encountered in some contexts.
Abbreviation of 信用組合 (しんようくみあい) or 信用協同組合 (しんようきょうどうくみあい), formed by taking the first characters of each component.