windfall
Example Sentences
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Because of that, revenues are prone to volatility, hinging on capital gains from investments, bonuses to executives and windfalls from new stock offerings, and are notoriously difficult for the state to predict.
From Los Angeles Times
However, the policies have brought an unexpected windfall to the Honduran economy: the thousands of Hondurans who live undocumented and under the radar in those cities are sending home more remittances than ever.
From BBC
So far, the companies have been uncharacteristically prudent with their windfalls, paying down debt and buying back stock rather than spending wildly on takeovers.
From Barron's
The authors note that money is fungible, yet the source matters; windfalls get special treatment, and larger windfalls are treated differently than smaller ones.
He also worried about going to a local grocery store and feeling ashamed he hadn’t shared his windfall.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
