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nest egg:

Definitions:

  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

Examples:

  1. allowing younger workers to save some of their taxes in a personal account -- a nest egg you can call your own , and government can never take away . In all
  2. would be better off with no insurance and using the money saved to build a nest egg to see them through lean times or pay off their debt . For many customers
  3. 700 million savings scheme being piloted by the government to help people build up a nest egg . Under the “ Saving Gateway ” project , families with an income of less
  4. daughter Emma live in her Housing Association flat or if she could use her ‘ nest egg ’ to help her father buy the council house . Explain to her whether :
  5. future , with greater possibilities for tax savings , enabling contractors to build a better nest egg towards a prosperous retirement . If you would like to discuss your pension options further

Step 1: Select the definition of nest egg which occurs most of the times in the above examples. Ignore other definitions.

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