nest egg
nounUK /ˈnest eɡ/
US /ˈnest eɡ/
A nest egg is money you save for later.
She put part of her paycheck into her nest egg every month.
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2. A real egg left in a nest to encourage a hen to keep laying.
The farmer placed a nest egg in the straw to help the hens.
3. A sum of money set aside for a specific future purpose, such as retirement.
By age forty, he had built a comfortable nest egg for retirement.
4. Something used as a starting point or lure to attract more of the same.
The first big client served as a nest egg for the new agency.