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  • Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Word Origins 65. The word origin today is nest

  • egg. Okay. Let's take a look at the note here. If someone has or is saving a nest

  • egg, he or she is putting away a sum of money for the future. Yeah.

  • We always say that you're putting it away or building it up or saving up. So

  • we can often use verb phrases like that with a nest egg. All right. So let's

  • continue here. The origin of this term comes from the actual practice of

  • farmers putting fake or sometimes real eggs into the nest of hens to encourage

  • them to lay more eggs. Apparently it works. Farmers have been doing it since

  • at least the 14th century. Okay. The use related to money has been around since

  • the 1600s. So a little later. Of course, the idea is that if the hens could lay

  • more eggs, the farmers could make more money you know, and in turn if they make

  • more money they'll be able to save more money. They'll be able to build up their

  • savings. So they can build up a nest egg. That's the idea. That's where it came

  • from. All right. Good. And we just have two

  • examples here. Example number one. Jenny has been putting away a nest egg for

  • over a decade in preparation for her retirement. So she wants to save up the

  • all this money. So she has some extra money when she retires. Good. And number two . I

  • started to build up a nest egg for a college fund for my children. So some

  • people do this. If their children are very young , maybe they'll start putting

  • away money years ahead, because they in anticipation knowing that a you know

  • college is going to be expensive. Okay. Anyway. Now I hope you got it. I hope it

  • was clear. I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.

Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Word Origins 65. The word origin today is nest

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