safety cushion
- noun
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fondo de emergencia
- Having a safety cushion can help you feel more secure when facing sudden financial emergencies.
Examples
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Many financial advisors recommend saving money to build a safety cushion for unexpected expenses.
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If you do get some money, consider very carefully creating a safety cushion.
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And they are severely affected by our global crisis, just as everyone else in the world, with values of homes, investments, and bank accounts plummeting, and with little or no safety cushion.
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If you want peace of mind, consider establishing a safety cushion that can cover your bills for a few months.
Synonyms
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2.7
A layer of air or material that reduces force when one thing hits another
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Money set aside to pay for future costs or emergencies
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Morphology
The meaning is directly inferable from 'safety' (protection) combined with 'cushion' (something that lessens impact): together they naturally describe a buffer or reserve that protects against shocks. This cushion-as-buffer metaphor is common in financial contexts and across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand the expression.
Etymology
The expression safety cushion comes from the simple image of a soft cushion that protects you if you fall. So money kept aside for surprise costs works like that cushion and gives 'protection' against 'emergencies'.