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.

2.

An unexpected legacy, or other gain.

He had a mighty windfall out of doubt. B. Jonson.

<-- windfall profits. profits obtained due to a chance ot unanticipated event that causes an asset to increase unexpectedly in value. In contrast to profits earned as the normal and expected yield of an enterprise. -->

 

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