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
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Feral Texas hogs Later in episode 10, Peggy wants to invest her portion of her nest egg in a wild pig-hunting business in order to clear Redcorn’s farm of invasive feral hogs.
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Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2025
These funds usually start with higher allocations to stocks, but as investors approach retirement, exposure becomes more conservative to protect the nest egg.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
Twenty-three years later, the stock-heavy investor would have watched their nest egg fall massively during the dot-com bust and again in 2008, forcing painful withdrawals at the worst times.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Per Hulu's description for the season, his character has returned to Texas after years of working a propane job in Saudi Arabia to earn his retirement nest egg.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
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Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2025
These funds usually start with higher allocations to stocks, but as investors approach retirement, exposure becomes more conservative to protect the nest egg.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
Twenty-three years later, the stock-heavy investor would have watched their nest egg fall massively during the dot-com bust and again in 2008, forcing painful withdrawals at the worst times.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Per Hulu's description for the season, his character has returned to Texas after years of working a propane job in Saudi Arabia to earn his retirement nest egg.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nest egg
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“Nest egg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nest%20egg. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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