windfall
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
windfall (plural windfalls)
- Something that has been blown down by the wind.
- A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind.
- They couldn't reach the branches, so they ate the windfalls.
- (figuratively) A sudden large benefit; especially, a sudden or unexpected large amount of money, as from lottery or sweepstakes winnings or an unexpected inheritance or gift.
- 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- Businessmen rushed to get every last commodity aboard a departing ship, hoping for a windfall once the world realized these would be the very last sacks of flour available, thus driving up prices.
- 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- German: Windbruch
- Russian: па́данец
- German: Fallobst
- Russian: па́данец
- Spanish: fruta caida
- French: aubaine
- German: warmer Regen
- Russian: неожиданный
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