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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’s 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
/ ˈɪԻˌɔː /
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 — for example, when oil companies profit from a temporary scarcity of oil.
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Example Sentences
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has called for an end to the windfall tax on oil and gas companies and said new licenses should be issued for drilling in the North Sea.
The result, according to one suit, is the insurers “collectively reaped a windfall worth billions of dollars.”
Aside from the £100m financial windfall that qualification for the Champions League would bring, as a straightforward football match Amorim knows next week is not a game to lose.
Harbour Energy has been a vocal critic of the Energy Profits Levy, known as the windfall tax, introduced by the Conservative UK government in 2022 and extended after Labour came to power last year.
And he voiced strong doubts about a windfall arriving from Sacramento.
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