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单词 windfall
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windfall
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɪnd.fɔːl/us
/ˈwɪnd.fɑːl/

windfallnoun[C](MONEY)

anamountofmoneythat youwinorreceivefrom someoneunexpectedly:
意外之财
Investors eachreceiveda windfall of £3,000.投资者每人都获得了3000英镑的意外之财。
UKThegovernmentishopingtocollecta windfalltax(=extrataxon alargeunexpectedcompanyprofit)from British Electric.政府打算针对英国电气公司获得的大笔意外利润征收额外的税款。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Amounts of money
  • bank
  • bounty
  • buck
  • capital
  • cash flow
  • circumstance
  • coin
  • fisc
  • have/getyoursnout in the troughidiom
  • holdback
  • kitty
  • living wage
  • means
  • money supply
  • pool
  • slush fund
  • sub
  • sum
  • surplus
  • trough
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windfallnoun[C](FRUIT)

apieceoffruitblowndown from atree:
被风吹落的水果
Itendtoleavethe windfalls for thebirdstopickat.我常常会把被风吹落的水果留给鸟儿们啄食。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Fruits & seeds & their parts
  • ackee
  • aronia
  • bergamot
  • boll
  • burr
  • chia
  • coffee bean
  • conker
  • drupe
  • endosperm
  • fruiterer
  • grain
  • kernel
  • nut
  • oilseed
  • pip
  • rind
  • seed corn
  • seed potato
  • thistledown
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(Definition ofwindfallfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

windfall| American Dictionary

windfall
noun[C]
us
/ˈwɪndˌfɔl/
anamountofmoneythat youreceiveunexpectedly:
The Belridge School, afterreceivingafinancialwindfall,purchasedcomputersfor allstudentsandteachers.
(Definition ofwindfallfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

windfall| Business English

windfall
noun[C]
FINANCE,TAX
uk
/ˈwɪndfɔːl/us
anamountofmoneythat youreceiveunexpectedly:
get/have/receive a windfallInvestors eachreceiveda windfall of $5,000.
cash/financial/tax windfallTheinvestmentfirmunveiledacashwindfall forshareholdersworthup to $650m.
windfall gains/profitsStaffstoodto makesubstantialwindfallgainsfromshareoptions.
(Definition ofwindfallfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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On this transect, there is a disturbed forest from 420 m to 510 m probably resulting from ancient windfalls.
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A longitudinal study using data on windfalls.
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They should have encouraged savings, especially in the light of the huge windfalls that consumers were receiving from building societies and insurance companies following flotations.
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Windfalls have not been spent on consumption as in past years; they have also been used to reduce debt and for investments.
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I go further and say that it is necessary to tax such windfalls.
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I have had certain windfalls which have helped me.
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There is the consideration attaching to the ownership of land; there are the windfalls which have come to be associated with the ownership of land.
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He said that it was used for the purpose of asserting that fortuitous windfalls were a legitimate subject for taxation.
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If the expression was used at all, was it not in connection with contradictions of any intention to tax windfalls?
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One of its recommendations—that, for future members, windfalls would be assigned to charity—has been followed by a number of societies.
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They may wish to counter some of the effects of de-mutualisation windfalls.
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There are also some building society flotation windfalls that will add to consumer purchasing power.
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We are not suggesting that there was skullduggery, but local authorities may decide to use such windfalls in ways other than for allotments.
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They are not motivated by share options or by windfalls from stock market flotations.
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Finally, it is essential that we slow down the logging of standing wood, in order to give priority to the purchase of windfalls.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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