windfall profit

collocation in English

meaningsofwindfallandprofit

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windfall
noun[C]
uk
/ˈwɪnd.fɔːl/us
/ˈwɪnd.fɑːl/
an amount of money that you win or receive from ...
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profit
noun
uk
/ˈprɒf.ɪt/us
/ˈprɑː.fɪt/
money that is earned in trade or business after paying the costs of producing and selling goods ...
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(Definition ofwindfallandprofitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I see it as a business profit rather than awindfallprofit.
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I refer, of course, to the special tax on bank deposits, now commonly known as thewindfallprofittax on banks or the levy.
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If there is no under-performance in the lifetime of the pension holder, the sum being held reverts to the life company as awindfallprofit.
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It was merely an opportunity to gain awindfallprofit.
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But that is not the only cause for the very largewindfallprofit.
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There is also the question of what constitutes awindfallprofit.
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The new allegedwindfallprofit, moreover, was identified only years after the event.
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I did not say that the whole fund would revert to the life company as awindfallprofit.
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It can happen that an owner-occupier makes an enormouswindfallprofit, just as a speculator can.
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I have heard the suggestion made that the increase in the duty will put a wonderfulwindfallprofitinto the pockets of the manufacturers.
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Once again, we are back to the position of giving to an investor awindfallprofitwhich should really belong to the freeholder.
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These tenants will receive awindfallprofitat the expense, not of the state but of the freeholder.
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It was a tax on thewindfallprofit.
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In other words, it requires the taxpayer to provide the wherewithal to give the private landlord awindfallprofit.
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We have heard cries of, "daylight robbery", and "windfallprofit" from time to time during the past few months.
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We are now told that it is to disallow unfair competition between different ports, and if there is awindfallprofit, it must be taxed.
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But it is right and proper that thewindfallprofitshould attract the levy.
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This is an unexpected, unforeseen, uncal-culated completewindfallprofit.
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It would merely provide awindfallprofitfor the drug manufacturer.
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Those assets are rapidly realised for a quickwindfallprofit, the business is closed down and the assets disposed of.
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