Colloquial term for a sum of money or funds set aside for purposes like retirement, university tuitions, or to describe the overall wealth of an individual, family or entity. The phrase nest egg is often used by individuals to describe personal wealth. For example, an individual may say, "I have a nest egg of over one million dollars in stocks that I will be drawing from when I retire."

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