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wind·fall  (wndfôl)
n.
1. A sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or personal gain.
2. Something, such as a ripened fruit, that has been blown down by the wind.

windfall [ˈwɪndˌfɔːl]
n
1. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) a piece of unexpected good fortune, esp financial gain
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) something blown down by the wind, esp a piece of fruit
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) Chiefly US and Canadian a plot of land covered with trees blown down by the wind
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.windfall - fruit that has fallen from the tree
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
2.windfall - a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"
happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens

windfall
noun godsend, find, jackpot, bonanza, stroke of luck, manna from heaven, pot of gold at the end of the rainbow If you had a windfall of £5000, how would you spend it?
disaster, misfortune, bad luck, mishap, misadventure, mischance, infelicity
Translations
windfall [ˈwɪndfɔːl]
A. N
1. (= apple etc) → fruta f caída
2. (fig) → dinero m caído del cielo
B. CPD windfall profits NPLbeneficios mpl imprevistos
windfall tax N impuesto sobre determinados beneficios extraordinarios
windfall [ˈwɪndfɔːl] n
(= sum of money) → rentrée f d'argent inattendue
(= apple, pear) → fruit m tombé
windfall tax ntaxe des entreprises privatisées)f exceptionnelle sur les bénéfices >
wind farm [ˈwɪndfɑːrm] nparc m éolien
windfall
windfall:
windfall profit
n (Econ) → Marktlagengewinn m, → Q-Gewinn m
windfall tax
n (Econ) → Spekulationssteuer f, → Steuer fauf Aktiengewinne
windfall [ˈwɪndˌfɔːl] n (apple) → frutto fatto cadere dal vento (fig) → colpo di fortuna


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Byline: By Jon Griffin MIDLAND property investors have been alerted to potential tax windfalls on the horizon following a Government shake-up of Capital Gains Tax.
STANDARD Life has cut the expected value of its flotation in a move that will lead to reduced share windfalls for its members.
Byline: EDITED by CLINTON MANNING UP to 700,000 Standard Life policyholders could miss out on windfalls worth more than pounds 1billion when the insurance giant joins the stock market this summer.
 
 
 
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