Nest Egg

Definition: Nest Egg

Nest Egg

Noun

1. 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.

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Finance

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Nest Egg

Store

Stock in trade, supply; heap; (collection); treasure; reserve, corps de reserve, reserved fund, nest egg, savings, bonne bouche.

Crosswords: Nest Egg

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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Books

• Reverse Mortgages for Beginners: A Consumer Guide to Every Homeowner's Retirement Nest Egg (reference)

• How to Unscramble Your Nest Egg (reference)

• Cracking Your Retirement Nest Egg (Without Scrambling Your Finances): 25 Things You Must Know Before You Tap Your 401(k), IRA, or Other Retirement Savings Plan (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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

Portuguese

ovo artificial (earthenware nest egg). (various references)

Russian 

сбережения (savings), подкладень. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

para na paru. (various references)

Spanish

nidal (haunt, nest), huevo ponedor (earthenware nest egg), huevo artificial (earthenware nest egg), cantidad ahorrada, buena hucha, ahorros (savings). (various references)

Swedish

sparslant (nest-egg), redesägg (earthenware nest egg), boägg. (various references)

Thai

จำนวนเงินที่เก็บไว้ใช้ในอนาคต. (various references)

Turkish

fol, birikim (accumulation, back demand, backlog, depot, saving). (various references)

Ukrainian

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)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-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.

+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.