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nest egg
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
nest egg
(noun)
nest egg
noun
plural
nest eggs
nest egg
noun
plural
nest eggs
Britannica Dictionary definition of NEST EGG
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:
an amount of money that is saved over a usually long period of time to pay for something in the future
They built up a
nest egg
for their son's college education.
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