nest egg
money saved and held in reserve for emergencies, retirement, etc.
a natural or artificial egg placed in a nest to induce a hen to continue laying eggs there.
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Perhaps their bet will pay off and when they’re ready to retire, they’ll be sitting on a nest egg.
That means many seniors who have even a small amount of retirement savings, as well as disabled people with nest eggs, aren’t eligible.
The Democratic plan to smash poverty for seniors and people with disabilities | Dylan Matthews | July 9, 2021 | VoxRather than a way to build a nest egg for old age, the accounts have morphed into supercharged investment vehicles subsidized by American taxpayers.
Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank | by Justin Elliott, Patricia Callahan and James Bandler | June 24, 2021 | ProPublicaGrowing a retirement nest egg is no easy feat post-recession.
Not necessarily all in a 401(k)—older workers should also have a decent cash nest egg, what with the state of the economy.
Not enough to retire instantly to somewhere warm and beachy, but a pleasant increment to my nest egg.
I was fortunate enough to have a little nest egg, but my first paycheck back in the real world was totally shocking.
Jennie Ketcham Interview: Recovering From Sex Addiction | Rachel Kramer Bussel | July 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA psychologist and authority on gullibility lost $400,000 of his retirement nest egg to none other than Bernard Madoff.
If such a darling thing should happen as my winning the prize, Id put it all in the bank for a nest-egg, she thought.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonWhile making believe to be a poor man, he must have been putting by a nice nest-egg; else how could he buy all that furniture?
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series | Mrs. Henry WoodThat, Mr. Massey said, made a steady two pounds a week, plus the very nice little nest-egg of a hundred pounds.
Gray youth | Oliver OnionsI had considerable faith in Brown's ideas, and he was as set on this one as a Brahma hen on a plaster nest-egg.
Cape Cod Stories | Joseph C. LincolnIt is 316 enough to keep him and his mother while the boy is being educated and to leave a small nest-egg in addition.
The Pirate of Panama | William MacLeod Raine
British Dictionary definitions for nest egg
a fund of money kept in reserve; savings
a natural or artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it
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