nest egg

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noun

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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Origin of nest egg

First recorded in 1600–10

Words nearby nest egg

Nessus, nest, NESTA, nest box, nested, nest egg, nesting, nesting table, nestle, nestling, nest of drawers

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How to use nest egg in a sentence

From parking spots to hurricane betting, here are 12 alternative homes for your nest egg.
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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.
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That means many seniors who have even a small amount of retirement savings, as well as disabled people with nest eggs, aren’t eligible.
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Rather than a way to build a nest egg for old age, the accounts have morphed into supercharged investment vehicles subsidized by American taxpayers.
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Growing a retirement nest egg is no easy feat post-recession.
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Not necessarily all in a 401(k)—older workers should also have a decent cash nest egg, what with the state of the economy.
Ask the Blogger: Worried Savers Edition|Megan McArdle|March 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Not enough to retire instantly to somewhere warm and beachy, but a pleasant increment to my nest egg.
How to Save it and Where|Megan McArdle|February 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I was fortunate enough to have a little nest egg, but my first paycheck back in the real world was totally shocking.
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A psychologist and authority on gullibility lost $400,000 of his retirement nest egg to none other than Bernard Madoff.
Why Smart People Are Dumb|Morley Safer|February 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST
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.
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While 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 Wood
That, Mr. Massey said, made a steady two pounds a week, plus the very nice little nest-egg of a hundred pounds.
Gray youth|Oliver Onions
I 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. Lincoln
It 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

nest egg

noun

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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nest egg

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