to get a windfall

  • 1windfall — n. good fortune 1) to get a windfall 2) a sudden, unexpected windfall * * * [ wɪndfɔːl] unexpected windfall [ good fortune ] to get a windfall a sudden …

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  • 2windfall — wind‧fall [ˈwɪndfɔːl ǁ fɒːl] noun [countable] FINANCE an amount of money that a person or business gets unexpectedly: • Falling interest rates are a windfall for homeowners refinancing their mortgages. • The group earned a windfall profit on the… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 3windfall — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ unexpected ▪ potential ▪ cash (esp. BrE) ▪ economic, financial, tax ▪ …

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  • 4windfall — UK [ˈwɪn(d)ˌfɔːl] / US [ˈwɪn(d)ˌfɔl] noun [countable] Word forms windfall : singular windfall plural windfalls 1) an amount of money that you get when you are not expecting it, especially a large amount windfall profits 2) an apple or other fruit …

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  • 5windfall — wind|fall [ˈwındfo:l US fo:l] n 1.) an amount of money that you get unexpectedly ▪ his £2 million windfall in the lottery windfall gain/profit etc (=high profits that you did not expect to make) 2.) a piece of fruit that has fallen off a tree …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6windfall — noun (C) 1 an amount of money that you get unexpectedly: Jackpot pools winner Salters toasted his 2 million windfall at his Edinburgh home. | windfall gain/profit etc (=high profits that you did not expect to make) 2 a piece of fruit that has… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7windfall — noun a) Something that has been blown down by the wind. They couldnt reach the branches, so they ate the windfalls. b) A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind Businessmen rushed to get every last commodity aboard a departing… …

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  • 8windfall — wind|fall [ wınd,fɔl ] noun count 1. ) an amount of money that you get when you are not expecting it, especially a large amount: windfall profits 2. ) an apple or other fruit that has fallen from a tree …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 9get — verb Get is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑employee, ↑finance, ↑weather, ↑winner Get is used with these nouns as the object: ↑abscess, ↑access, ↑accolade, ↑accommodation, ↑acknowledgement, ↑acne, ↑ …

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  • 10windfall — [ˈwɪn(d)ˌfɔːl] noun [C] an amount of money that you get unexpectedly …

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