Nest egg: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Nest egg noun. A sum of money saved up and kept for the future.
How to say it
NEST-eg/ˈnɛst ɛɡ/
2 syllables, stressed on the first (NEST).
Nest egg in a sentence
They’d built up a small nest egg for retirement before the boiler died.
Her nest egg went on a camper van and a year in Portugal.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- savings
- reserve
- fund
- rainy-day money
Where nest egg comes from
From the real or china egg left in a nest to coax a hen into laying there.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
Her _____ went on a camper van and a year in Portugal.
- dividend
- probate
- nest egg
Show the answer
nest egg: Her nest egg went on a camper van and a year in Portugal.