Definitions for windfall
ˈwɪndˌfɔlwind·fall

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. windfallnoun

   fruit that has fallen from the tree

2. boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, buncenoun

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. windfallnoun

   Something that has been blown down by the wind.

2. windfallnoun

   A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind

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

3. windfallnoun

   a sudden large benefit; especially an influx of money

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Windfallnoun

   Fruit blown down from the tree.

   Etymology: wind and fall.

   Gather now, if ripe, your Winter fruits, as apples, to prevent their falling by the great winds; also gather your windfalls. John Evelyn, Kalendar.

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1. windfall

   A windfall refers to an unexpected gain or advantage, often in terms of money or wealth. This can be from various situations such as winning a lottery, receiving an inheritance, or a sudden increase in the value of investments. It's usually unforeseen and can significantly boost one's financial status.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Windfallnoun

   anything blown down or off by the wind, as fruit from a tree, or the tree itself, or a portion of a forest prostrated by a violent wind, etc

2. Windfallnoun

   an unexpected legacy, or other gain

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1. Windfall

   Windfall is a serial drama television series about a group of people in an unnamed small city who win almost $400,000,000 in a lottery. The series premiered Thursday, June 8, 2006 on NBC, taking the time slot occupied by ER during the rest of the year. On August 31, 2006, NBC announced the show's cancellation by stating on its website that the episode that night would be the series finale. Controversially, NBC also gave local affiliates the option of showing pre-season football instead and showing the final episode at each affiliates discretion. Many affiliates took them up on this, planning to show it either much later that night or at other odd days/times during the Labor Day weekend. In the UK and Middle East the show has been picked up by Five US and Showtime Arabia respectively. It is also shown in Ireland on the channel 3e weekdays at 3pm.

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How to pronounce windfall?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of windfall in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of windfall in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of windfall in a Sentence

1. Kevin Gallagher:

   The windfall for commodity prices over the last commodity boom was the biggest recorded in history, but the marginal savings rate was lower than in past booms, the South American resource countries are facing a real pinch.

2. Philip Fearnside:

   A lot of the land in the Amazon doesn't have a legal title, there would be a tremendous windfall for the people who claim that land.

3. Volkswagen AG -LRB- VOWG_p:

   These plaintiffs had minimal losses and were rightfully denied the unjustified windfall they were seeking. Plaintiffs' counsel today asked for punitive damages in the millions of dollars, the jury correctly refused that request. Even so, this award exceeds clear constitutional limits and we will ask the court to reduce it accordingly.

4. Brandon Rees:

   The executive has received a windfall based on the bull market, which isn’t always attributable to their own performance, and that’s wrong.

5. James Clapper:

   They’ve been funded anyway even with the sanctions regime, so I’m sure they’ll get some money but I don’t think it’ll be a huge windfall for them.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=windfall
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Windfall
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=windfall
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/windfall
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=windfall