| 单词 | windfall |
| 释义 | windfall (wɪndfɔːl ) Word forms: windfalls 1. countable noun A windfall is a sum of money that you receive unexpectedly or by luck, for example if you win a lottery. 2. countable noun A windfall is a fruit, especially an apple, that has fallen from a tree. Collocations: cash windfall Its decision - to halve a cash windfall to one million policyholders from an average of 1,000 to 500 - will disappoint customers but cheer shareholders. Times, Sunday Times It may seem to slow a deal down, but the strict way you check every detail can lead to a cash windfall. The Sun A bigger cash windfall would come from slot machines and video lottery terminals. canada.com Existing investors should keep hold of their shares until payment of the cash windfall. Times, Sunday Times Most of the 2,000 people quizzed said a cash windfall would kick-start a dream lifestyle change. The Sun Surely it would be better to tax that windfall gain, rather than the employees and entrepreneurs who generate it? Times, Sunday Times This opens the possibility to a windfall gain if commodity prices improve. Times, Sunday Times Nobody has a policy to relieve the haves of some of their windfall gain to help the have-nots. Times, Sunday Times In such circumstances, the prices for the consumer would go up and there would be a windfall gain for the multinationals. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Measured income and measured consumption comprise a permanent (anticipated and planned) element and a transitory (windfall gain/unexpected) element. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 意外之财 Japanese: たなぼた |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147115条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。