sinking fund

noun

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Recent Examples of sinking fund For those who attend multiple weddings per year, a wedding guest sinking fund is probably a good idea. — Nerdwallet, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2025 Anyone who does qualify for student loan forgiveness could use a sinking fund to pay your taxes. — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025 Start a sinking fund This time of year can be expensive because everything piles up at once. — Emmie Martin, Cfp®, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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  1. nest egg
  2. treasure
  3. deposit
Noun
  • But there’s a strategy that could help preserve your nest egg, experts say.
    — Kate Dore, CFP®, EA, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
  • In other words, a modest baby bonus invested for the long haul might yield a substantial nest egg for the child.
    — Shahar Ziv, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Definition of nest egg
Noun
  • The Vatican Museums encompass a centuries-old collection of art and artifacts, including treasures of Renaissance and Baroque painting and sculpture, as well as modern masterworks by Paul Gauguin, Salvador Dalí, and Pablo Picasso, among others.
    — Tessa Solomon for ARTnews, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2025
  • This burgeoning resale market has generated demand not only for watchmakers, but for the expert repairers needed to revive treasures of the past, said Johann Kunz-Fernandez, director of the Watchmakers of Switzerland Training and Educational Program (WOSTEP), in a phone call with CNN.
    — Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
Definition of treasure
Noun
  • About 60 percent of international deposits and bank loans are written in U.S. dollars, and about 70 percent of public bonds purchased in a currency other than a country’s home currency are denominated in U.S. dollars, according to researchers.
    — Tobias Burns, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2025
  • An ischemic stroke is caused by blood vessels becoming narrowed or arteries being blocked by fatty deposits.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
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