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windfall
[ wind-fawl ]
noun
- an unexpected gain, piece of good fortune, or the like:
I've recently come into a windfall and am considering early retirement.
- an unexpected positive result or by-product:
The industry鈥檚 profits are a windfall of war.
- something blown down by the wind, such as fruit or a tree:
We'll have plenty of firewood for winter, as there are a lot of pine windfalls around.
She has a dozen apple trees, and every day she picks up the windfalls for eating and baking.
- the fall of something blown down by the wind:
The orchard must be sheltered from prevailing winds, as a windfall of peaches too early in the season can be disastrous.
- a quantity or mass of trees blown down by the wind, or an area containing many such trees:
The road was covered by extensive windfall which had to be cut and removed.
adjective
- (of profit or other gain) coming unexpectedly and in a large amount:
One new business relationship can produce tens of thousands of dollars in windfall profits.
- blown down by the wind:
In addition to grain, his free-range chickens eat bugs and windfall fruit.
windfall
/ 藞飞瑟苍诲藢蹿蓴藧濒 /
noun
- a piece of unexpected good fortune, esp financial gain
- something blown down by the wind, esp a piece of fruit
- a plot of land covered with trees blown down by the wind
windfall
- An unexpected profit from a business or other source. The term connotes gaining huge profits without working for them 鈥 for example, when oil companies profit from a temporary scarcity of oil.
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Example Sentences
And he voiced strong doubts about a windfall arriving from Sacramento.
Much could also come down to the PSR positions of the various clubs and which teams gain the lucrative windfall for qualifying for the Champions League next season.
How will the change in the windfall elimination provision affect me?
The Social Security Fairness Act ended the windfall elimination provision and the government pension offset.
鈥淲est Coast furniture retailers are realizing a windfall of sorts鈥. It is a shame that the business had to come as a result of this disaster.鈥
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