windfall

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Etymology

wind +‎ fall

Noun

windfall (plural windfalls)

1. Something that has been blown down by the wind.
2. A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind

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

3. (figuratively) A sudden large benefit; especially an influx of money
   • 2004: Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

     Businessmen rushed to get every last commodity aboard a departing ship, hoping for a windfall once the world realized these would be the very last sacks of flour available, thus driving up prices.

Derived terms

• windfall profit
• windfall profits tax
• windfall shares
• windfall tax

Translations

something that has been blown down by the wind

• Norwegian: vindfall (no) n

fruit fallen off a tree naturally

• Finnish: pudokas (fi)
• German: Fallobst (de) n
• Norwegian: nedfallsfrukt (no) m

• Spanish: fruta caida (es)
• Volapük: falafluk (vo), (collective) falaflukem (vo)

sudden large benefit

• Finnish: jättipotti (fi)
• French: aubaine (fr) f

• Maori: kurapae (mi)
• Norwegian: uventet hell

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• Jèrriais: tchêtinne f