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nest egg
noun
1
: a natural or artificial egg left in a nest especially to induce a hen to continue to lay there
2
: a fund of money accumulated as a reserve
Examples of nest egg in a Sentence
They built up a nest egg for their son's college education.
paid for the computer out of his nest egg
Recent Examples on the Web
The desire to give less affluent Americans the chance to build a decent nest egg is one that is shared across ideological lines.
—Michael Steinberger Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 8 May 2024
Equally innovative are its accessible individual retirement accounts (IRAs): With a 3% IRA match on retirement contributions with Robinhood Gold, now might be a good time to consider building your retirement nest egg.
—Stephanie Tsai, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2024
Helping women build better nest eggs in retirement requires addressing the root causes first, said Caroline Feeney, Prudential executive vice president and head of U.S. businesses.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
Money could have been up and down since 2018 but has likely been building up in your nest egg for the past year.
—Kyle Thomas, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2024
Finally, reviewing investment portfolios and rebalancing to a more conservative asset allocation can help protect nest eggs from market volatility in the golden years.
—Ebony Flake, Essence, 11 Apr. 2024
Using the rule of thumb to withdraw 4% of one's retirement savings annually, a nest egg of $1.46 million would result in about $58,400 in annual income.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2024
With the growing belief that a comfortable retirement may be out of reach, the youngest generation entering the job market is planning to start building their nest egg earlier than ever before.
—Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2024
The couple had suffered too many losses planting hemp, losses that cut into their nest egg.
—Wesley Parnell, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of nest egg was
in the 14th century
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“Nest egg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nest%20egg. Accessed 24 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
nest egg
noun
: a fund of money set aside as a reserve
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