nest egg

nest egg
noun
1. a fund of money put by as a reserve
• Syn: ↑savings
• Derivationally related forms: ↑save (for: ↑savings)
• Hypernyms: ↑fund, ↑monetary fund
2. device consisting of an artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it
• Hypernyms: ↑device

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n
COLLOQ. money saved for a rainy day

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[noun]
reserve, cache, deposit, fall-back, fund(s), savings, store

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▶ noun (LIFE) SAVINGS, cache, funds, reserve.

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noun
1. : a natural or artificial egg left in the nest of a domestic fowl to induce her to continue to lay there
2. archaic : something used as an inducement, lure, or decoy
3.
a. : a fund of money accumulated as a reserve or as a basis for further acquisition

a retirement-fund nest egg, built up over a 15-year period — E.R.Leibert

b. : a nucleus or accumulation intended to promote further growth or development

will have a nest egg of 128 — only five less than half the 266 needed to win — H.H.Martin

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1. money saved and held in reserve for emergencies, retirement, etc.
2. a natural or artificial egg placed in a nest to induce a hen to continue laying eggs there.
[1600-10]

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nest egg noun
1. An egg, real or sham, left or put in a nest to encourage laying
2. Something laid up as the beginning of an accumulation
3. Money saved
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Main Entry: ↑nest

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nest egg UK US noun [singular]
an amount of money saved over a long period to use in the future
Thesaurus: unspecified amounts of moneyhyponym large amounts of moneysynonym

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nest egg,
1. something, usually a sum of money, saved up as the beginning of a fund or as a reserve: »

She has a nice little nest egg put away for her retirement.

2. a natural or artificial egg left in a nest to induce a hen or other bird to lay or continue laying eggs there.

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n.
1) a sum of money saved for the future

I worked hard to build up a nice little nest egg

2) a real or artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay eggs there

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noun, pl ⋯ eggs [count]
: an amount of money that is saved over a usually long period of time to pay for something in the future

They built up a nest egg for their son's college education.

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ˈnest egg [nest egg nest eggs] noun (informal)
a sum of money that you save to use in the future
 
Example Bank:

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Over the years she had built up a nice little nest egg for her retirement.


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