windfall (redirected from windfalls)

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.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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" bunce, godsend, gold rush, bonanza, manna from heaven, boom, gravy happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens

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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 NPL → beneficios 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 n → taxe des entreprises privatisées)f exceptionnelle sur les bénéfices >
wind farm [ˈwɪndfɑː^rm] n → parc m éolien

windfall

n → Fallobst nt; (fig) → unerwartetes Geschenk, unverhoffter Glücksfall

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windfall:

windfall profit

n (Econ) → Marktlagengewinn m, → Q-Gewinn m

windfall tax

n (Econ) → Spekulationssteuer f, → Steuer f → auf Aktiengewinne

windfall [ˈwɪndˌfɔːl] n (apple) → frutto fatto cadere dal vento (fig) → colpo di fortuna