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nest egg
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supply drawn upon, either material or nonmaterial |
| Synonyms: | ability, appliance, artifice, assets, capability, capital, cleverness, contraption, contrivance, course, creation, device, expedient, fortune, hoard, ingenuity, initiative, inventiveness, makeshift, means, measure, method, mode, nest egg, property, quick-wittedness, recourse, refuge, relief, reserve, resourcefulness, riches, shift, source, step, stock, stockpile, store, stratagem, substance, substitute, support, surrogate, system, talent, way, wealth, worth |
| Antonyms: | product |
| Main Entry: | savings |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provision for future |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, ace in hole, cache, fund, funds, gleanings, harvest, hoard, investment, kitty, mattress full, means, money in the bank, nest egg, property, provision, provisions, rainy day fund, reserve, reserves, resources, riches, sock, stake, stockpile, store |
| Antonyms: | loss |
| Main Entry: | stock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | merchandise |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, array, articles, assets, assortment, backlog, cache, choice, commodities, fund, goods, hoard, inventory, nest egg, pharmacopoeia, produce, range, reserve, reservoir, selection, stockpile, store, supply, variety, wares |
| Main Entry: | stockpile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supply |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, buildup, cache, hoard, inventory, nest egg, reserve, source, stash, stock, store, surplus |
| Main Entry: | store |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection, supply |
| Synonyms: | abundance, accumulation, backlog, cache, fount, fountain, fund, hoard, inventory, lode, lot, mine, nest egg, plenty, plethora, provision, quantity, reserve, reservoir, savings, spring, stock, stockpile, treasure, wares, wealth, well |
| Notes: | at first, shop designated a small retail establishment and store was applied only to a large establishment; now the differences are blurred |
| Antonyms: | debt, need |
| Main Entry: | treasure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prized possession or entity |
| Synonyms: | abundance, apple of one's eye, cache, capital, cash, catch*, darling, find, fortune, funds, gem, gold, hoard, jewel, money, nest egg, nonpareil, paragon, pearl, pile*, plum, pride and joy, prize, reserve, riches, richness, store, treasure trove, valuable, wealth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | savings account |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account for saved money |
| Synonyms: | interest-bearing account, money market account, nest egg, provision |
| Main Entry: | grubstake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capital |
| Synonyms: | CD, IRA, backing, business, capitalization, cash, estate, finances, financing, fortune, funding, funds, gold, interests, investment, kitty, means, money, nest egg, principal, property, resources, savings, stake, stock, subsidization, substance, treasure |
| Main Entry: | resourcefulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resource |
| Synonyms: | ability, appliance, artifice, assets, capability, capital, cleverness, contraption, contrivance, course, creation, device, expedient, fortune, hoard, ingenuity, initiative, inventiveness, makeshift, means, measure, method, mode, nest egg, property, quick-wittedness, recourse, refuge, relief, reserve, riches, shift, source, step, stock, stockpile, store, stratagem, substance, substitute, support, surrogate, system, talent, way, wealth, wherewithal, worth |
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