Nest-egg - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈnest ˌeɡ|
Brit.
|ˈnest eɡ|
noun
- A natural or artificial egg placed in a bird's nest, to encourage the bird to lay its own eggs there.
- (idiomatic) A savings; a reserve of money.
- (idiomatic) A savings; a reserve of money.
Over time, they accumulated a tidy nest egg and retired comfortably.
Extra examples
They built up a nest egg for their son's college education.
...paid for the computer out of his nest egg...
They had to use part of their retirement nest egg to pay for their son's college fees.
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