English / idiom
nest egg
MEANING IN ENGLISH
A substantial sum of money saved and built up over time for retirement, future security, or emergencies.
In context
01
Through years of frugal living, they built a modest nest egg to sustain them throughout retirement.
02
During that protracted economic slump, drawing upon her emergency nest egg saved her publishing enterprise.
Synonyms
savings,reserve fund,rainy-day fund
Antonyms
debt,deficit,financial liability
Collocations
build a nest egg,comfortable nest egg,deplete a nest egg