Windfall meaning

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The definition of a windfall is something blown by wind, or unexpected good fortune.

An example of a windfall is a tree that was uprooted in a hurricane.

An example of a windfall is winning the lottery.

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A sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or financial gain.
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Something, such as a ripened fruit, that has been blown down by the wind.
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Of or relating to a windfall.

Windfall profits.

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Something blown down by the wind, as fruit from a tree.
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Any unexpected acquisition, gain, or stroke of good luck; specif., a gain of unexpected profit or earnings.
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Something that has been blown down by the wind.
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A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind.

They couldn't reach the branches, so they ate the windfalls.

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(figuratively) A sudden large benefit; especially an influx of money.
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Origin of windfall

Windfall Sentence Examples

  • Once you have changed your mindset about the ways you can save money, you'll find a windfall of opportunities to do so.

  • Emboldened perhaps by the windfall of 1813, Bentham in the following year took a lease of Ford Abbey, a fine mansion with a deer-park, in Dorsetshire; but in 1818 returned to the house in Queen's Square Place which he had occupied since the death of his father in 1792.

  • Right now, getting a 2,000 windfall would make me " rich " .

  • This is a great option if you have extra cash from a tax refund or other windfall.

  • To add insult to injury, the scheme is proving a recipe for windfall profits.

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