0 a small container, sometimes in the shape of a pig, that is used by children for saving money -- （豬形）儲蓄罐
In these times of inflation, which are here to stay, the piggy bank is a poor loser, and the land the outright winner.
However, that authority does not have a piggy bank.
We are not talking about 25p in the piggy bank.
It would be levied on the investment of anyone who has more than £3,000 in a piggy bank, or £5,000 a year for pensioners.
That is clearly a one-off exercise, as the piggy bank can be emptied once only.
He is penalising those authorities that do not have such a piggy bank.
In fact, their piggy bank was bust a long time ago.
One would not want to encourage people to regard their gas meters as a sort of "piggy bank".
