Windfall

Definition

windfall /'wÇndfↄ:l/ n ၁။ ပြေပါက္။ The publicity the case has attracted may bring a windfall for the book's author. ❍ windfall profits. ၂။ ေလတိုက္၍ ေႂကြေသာအသီး။ ေလေႁခြသီး။

Examples

1. ‘The apple tree in the garden has started shedding windfalls from its lower branches and there's a good pie's worth to collect most mornings.’
2. ‘We filled the tub with ripe fruit
3. and tonight it will join our windfalls in an apple and blackberry crumble.’
4. ‘We walked round the gardens looking at the pears and spotted a sign that said you were allowed to eat the windfalls but not to pick the pears off the trees.’
5. ‘Gather the windfalls from under the plum trees.’
6. ‘By now the scent of rotting windfalls were heavy on the air
7. and the apples were taken from the trees
8. turned into jam
9. or stored among layers of straw for use later on.’
10. ‘We ate fruit from the trees or windfalls without washing them and ate carrots pulled from the ground (after we'd dusted the dirt off with our none-too-clean hands).’
11. ‘Any windfalls make great apple pies and chutneys.’
12. ‘Bergstrom's victory set the stage for Watson's $22 million windfall.’
13. ‘Bush's tax package
14. just passed by the US Congress
15. will deliver massive windfalls to the rich.’
16. ‘The State Government could bring forward the completion of the Indian Ocean Drive project if it receives a revenue windfall.’
17. ‘The potential windfall was another $70 million or so.’
18. ‘A massive lottery windfall has secured the future of one of Southampton's best-known and most historically important landmarks.’
19. ‘Orkney Islands Council has received a £3 million pound windfall for housing.’
20. ‘Three community groups serving East Lancashire have scooped a lottery windfall of more than £600
21. 000.’
22. ‘One thing for certain: this unexpected financial windfall will most definitely not be a handicap to the club.’
23. ‘How did Spain manage to waste one of the biggest financial windfalls in human history?’
24. ‘However
25. let us not get carried away by this success and be realistic and pragmatic with our oil windfall.’
26. ‘A struggling cricket club has been given a new lease of life following an unexpected cash windfall.’
27. ‘If the bonds appreciated
28. should speculators pocket the windfall?’
29. ‘The boom in financial services continues to provide a windfall for the country's top legal and accountancy firms.’