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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: nest egg, -nest egg-
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
nest egg(n) จำนวนเงินที่เก็บไว้ใช้ในอนาคต

Thai-English-French: Volubilis Dictionary 1.0
เงินรองรัง[ngoen røngrang] (n, exp) EN: nest egg
รองรัง[røngrang] (adv) EN: in reserve ; as a nest egg ; at hand

WordNet (3.0)
nest egg(n) device consisting of an artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it
savings(n) a fund of money put by as a reserve, Syn. nest egg

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
nest egg

n. 1. An egg left in the nest to prevent the hen from forsaking it, and to induce her to lay more in the same place. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, (figuratively), Money set aside in a special fund to be used for special occasions, or more commonly, for retirement; as, she set aside a large hunk of her salary every month and had a considerable nest egg for her retirement. [ PJC ]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary
Spargroschen { m } [ ugs. ]nest egg; savings [Add to Longdo]

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