英语词汇“nest egg”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Money that you save for the future is a nest egg. Your parents might be saving their nest egg so they can move to Mexico when they retire.

A nest egg is usually a retirement account, a fund you add to regularly so your savings grows every year. You can really describe any cache of saved money as a nest egg — even a piggy bank, growing gradually more full of dimes, is a nest egg of sorts. The term has been around since about 1700, meaning "retirement savings." It comes from the practice of leaving a real or fake egg in a nest to encourage hens to lay.

WORD FAMILY

nest egg: nest eggs

USAGE EXAMPLES

You’ve heard the horror stories about many Americans retiring with puny nest eggs and little income to live on.

Time(Dec 01, 2016)

Do you know what you’re paying in fees — and how those fees affect your nest egg?

Washington Post(Nov 25, 2016)

Start investing as early as possible, because the longer your nest egg has to grow, the bigger it will likely get.

Seattle Times(Nov 26, 2016)

n a fund of money put by as a reserve

Syn|Hyper

savings

fund, monetary fund

a reserve of money set aside for some purpose

n device consisting of an artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it

Hyper

device

an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

单词	nest egg
释义	nest egg (once / 25695 pages) 1n 2n Money that you save for the future is a nest egg. Your parents might be saving their nest egg so they can move to Mexico when they retire. A nest egg is usually a retirement account, a fund you add to regularly so your savings grows every year. You can really describe any cache of saved money as a nest egg — even a piggy bank, growing gradually more full of dimes, is a nest egg of sorts. The term has been around since about 1700, meaning "retirement savings." It comes from the practice of leaving a real or fake egg in a nest to encourage hens to lay. WORD FAMILY nest egg: nest eggs USAGE EXAMPLES You’ve heard the horror stories about many Americans retiring with puny nest eggs and little income to live on. Time(Dec 01, 2016) Do you know what you’re paying in fees — and how those fees affect your nest egg? Washington Post(Nov 25, 2016) Start investing as early as possible, because the longer your nest egg has to grow, the bigger it will likely get. Seattle Times(Nov 26, 2016) 1 n a fund of money put by as a reserve Syn\|Hyper savings fund, monetary fund a reserve of money set aside for some purpose 2 n device consisting of an artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it Hyper device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
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