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windfall
(encz) | windfall,neočekávané bohatství n: Zdeněk Brož |
windfall
(encz) | windfall,padané ovoce n: Zdeněk Brož |
windfall
(encz) | windfall,padavka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Windfall
(gcide) | Windfall \Wind"fall`\, n.
1. 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. "They became a windfall
upon the sudden." --Bacon.
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2. An unexpected legacy, or other gain.
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He had a mighty windfall out of doubt. --B. Jonson.
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windfall
(wn) | windfall
n 1: fruit that has fallen from the tree
2: 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" [syn:
boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, {manna
from heaven}, windfall, bunce] |
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windfall profit
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Windfall
(gcide) | Windfall \Wind"fall`\, n.
1. 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. "They became a windfall
upon the sudden." --Bacon.
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2. An unexpected legacy, or other gain.
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He had a mighty windfall out of doubt. --B. Jonson.
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Windfallen
(gcide) | Windfallen \Wind"fall`en\, a.
Blown down by the wind.
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windfall profit
(wn) | windfall profit
n 1: profit that occurs unexpectedly as a consequence of some
event not controlled by those who profit from it |
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