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Definition: Nest Egg |
Nest EggNoun1. A fund of money put by as a reserve. 2. Device consisting of an artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Finance | Slang for money saved, often in a savings account, in preparation for retirement or other significant use. (references) |
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Synonym: Nest EggSynonym: savings (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Store | Stock in trade, supply; heap; (collection); treasure; reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Nest Egg |
| English words defined with "nest egg": assure ♦ ensure ♦ guarantee ♦ insure ♦ lay aside, lay-up ♦ save, save up, secure. (references) |
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Screenplays | Thanks for the tip, Louie, I'll be sure to invest my nest egg. Hey, Honey, how much is my nest egg? (Life with Louie; writing credit: Martin Miehe-Renard; Mette Andersen Ottesen) He robs your nest egg to bail out that little troll next door, while my daughter has to wash her clothes in the river. (The Flintstones; writing credit: Tom S. Parker; Jim Jennewein) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Henry David Thoreau | Each thought that is welcomed and recorded is a nest egg by the side of which more will be laid. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nest egg | 15 |
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| Language | Translations for "nest egg"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vezë që lihet në kotec, shumë parash të vëna menjanë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بيضة العش. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | спестени пари, полог (nest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | penìžní rezerva. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | redeaeg (earthenware nest egg), glasæg (earthenware nest egg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | nestei (earthenware nest egg), kalkei (earthenware nest egg, egg preserved in lime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pesämuna (nest-egg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | nichet (earthenware nest egg), pécule, oeuf de plâtre (earthenware nest egg), oeuf artificiel (earthenware nest egg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | nestei (earthenware nest egg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κομπόδεμα (hoard), αυγό φωλιάσ, αυγό φωλιάς (earthenware nest egg), τεχνητό αυγό (earthenware nest egg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | palozsna (nest-egg), eldugott pénzecske (nest-egg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | nidiandolo, uovo da nido (earthenware nest egg), uovo artificiale da nido (earthenware nest egg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ooh (dug, egg, ovum, udder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | estnay eggay ovo artificial (earthenware nest egg). (various references) сбережения (savings), подкладень. (various references) para na paru. (various references) nidal (haunt, nest), huevo ponedor (earthenware nest egg), huevo artificial (earthenware nest egg), cantidad ahorrada, buena hucha, ahorros (savings). (various references) sparslant (nest-egg), redesägg (earthenware nest egg), boägg. (various references) จำนวนเงินที่เก็บไว้ใช้ในอนาคต. (various references) fol, birikim (accumulation, back demand, backlog, depot, saving). (various references) заощадження на чорний день, підкладень, принада (allurement, bait, beauty, decoy, delight, draw, inducement, temptation), поклад (basin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Nest Egg" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nestegg. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-g-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: genets, gentes. | |
-2 letters: egest, geest, genes, genet, gents, geste, sente, teens, tenge, tense. | |
-3 letters: eggs, engs, gees, gene, gens, gent, gest, gets, nest, nets, seen, sene, sent, teen, tees, tegs, tens. | |
-4 letters: egg, eng, ens, gee, gen, get, nee, net, see, seg, sen, set, tee, teg, ten. | |
-5 letters: en, es, et, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-g-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: egesting. | |
+2 letters: greetings, segregant. | |
+3 letters: gelignites, segmenting, segregants. | |
+4 letters: congregates, doggonedest, engagements, genealogist, gigantesque, progestogen, redigesting, registering, segregating, segregation, sightseeing. | |
+5 letters: decongesting, engorgements, gametogenous, genealogists, geomagnetism, geometrising, megatonnages, predigesting, progestogens, segregations, snaggleteeth, unsegregated. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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