Recent Examples on the WebThe rule of thumb for people who are 55 and have another decade of work before reaching the traditional retirement age is to have already socked away about eight times their salary in their retirement accounts.—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 25 June 2024 Lower-earning households also are more likely to spend, rather than sock away, their tax savings, more efficiently goosing the economy.—Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024 For instance, baby boomers with bachelor's degrees have median retirement savings of almost $600,000, but those with only a high school diploma have only about $75,000 socked away, a recent study found.—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 9 May 2024 In an ideal world, renters would sock away that extra money as emergency savings.—Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 5 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for sock away
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Word History
Etymology
from the practice of concealing savings in the toe of a sock
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