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wind·fall
(wĭnd′fôl′)n.
1. A sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or financial gain.
2. Something, such as a ripened fruit, that has been blown down by the wind.
adj.
Of or relating to a windfall: windfall profits.
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windfall
(ˈwɪndˌfɔːl)n
1. (Banking & Finance) a piece of unexpected good fortune, esp financial gain
2. (Botany) something blown down by the wind, esp a piece of fruit
3. (Forestry) chiefly US and Canadian a plot of land covered with trees blown down by the wind
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wind•fall
(ˈwɪndˌfɔl)n.
1. an unexpected gain, piece of good fortune, or the like.
2. something blown down by the wind, as fruit.
[1425–75]
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Noun | 1. | windfall - fruit that has fallen from the tree edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh |
2. | windfall - 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" |
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windfall
noun godsend, find, jackpot, bonanza, stroke of luck, manna from heaven, pot of gold at the end of the rainbow If you had a windfall of £5000, how would you spend it?
disaster, misfortune, bad luck, mishap, misadventure, mischance, infelicity
disaster, misfortune, bad luck, mishap, misadventure, mischance, infelicity
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Translations
حَظ غَيْر مُتَوَقَّعما تُسْقِطُه الرّيح من فاكِهَة الشَّجَر
nedfaldsæble
jättipottipudokas
hullott gyümölcs
óvænt heppni
nedfallsfruktvindfall
nečakaný úspech
devlet kuşurüzgârın düşürdüğü meyve
windfall
[ˈwɪndfɔːl]B. CPD windfall profits NPL → beneficios mpl imprevistos
windfall tax N impuesto sobre determinados beneficios extraordinarios
windfall tax N impuesto sobre determinados beneficios extraordinarios
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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windfall
n → Fallobst nt; (fig) → unerwartetes Geschenk, unverhoffter Glücksfall
windfall
:windfall profit
n (Econ) → Marktlagengewinn m, → Q-Gewinn m
windfall tax
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wind1
(wind) noun1. (an) outdoor current of air. The wind is strong today; There wasn't much wind yesterday; Cold winds blow across the desert.
2. breath. Climbing these stairs takes all the wind out of me.
3. air or gas in the stomach or intestines. His stomach pains were due to wind.
verb to cause to be out of breath. The heavy blow winded him.
adjective (of a musical instrument) operated or played using air pressure, especially a person's breath.
ˈwindy adjectivea windy hill-top; a windy day; It's windy today.
ˈwindiness nounˈwindfall noun
1. an apple etc blown from a tree.
2. any unexpected gain or success.
ˈwindmill noun a machine with sails that work by wind power, for grinding corn or pumping water.
ˈwindpipe noun the passage for air between mouth and lungs.
windsurf, windsurfer, windsurfingwindˈwindscreen noun (American ˈwindshield).
1. a transparent (usually glass) screen above the dashboard of a car.
2. a wall usually constructed out from the house wall to protect people on a patio or balcony from the wind.
ˈwindsock noun a device for indicating the direction and speed of wind on an airfield.
windsurf (ˈwindsəːf) verb to move across water while standing on a windsurfer.
ˈwindsurfer noun1. (also sailboard) a board with a sail for moving across water with the aid of the wind.
2. the person controlling this board.
ˈwindsurfing nounˈwindswept adjective
exposed to the wind and showing the effects of it. windswept hair; a windswept landscape.
get the wind up to become nervous or anxious. She got the wind up when she realized how close we were to the edge.
get wind of to get a hint of or hear indirectly about.
get one's second wind to recover one's natural breathing after breathlessness.
in the wind about to happen. A change of policy is in the wind.
like the wind very quickly. The horse galloped away like the wind.
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