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单词 windfall profit
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windfall profit in British English

(ˈwɪndˌfɔːl ˈprɒfɪt)
noun
a profit that arises thanks to an external event over which the person profiting had no control
He made an enormous windfall profit from share options.
Perhaps he should now consider investing his windfall profits in a much more environmentallyfriendly way.

Examples of 'windfall profit' in a sentence
windfall profit

It provides a windfall profit.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The government has called on big energy companies to cut household bills after unwittingly handing them an estimated 250 million windfall profit.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The question is whether these distribution companies make windfall profit at the expense of consumers?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It wasn't all just windfall profits from oil and gas.
canada.com (2004)
There is thus no scope for making windfall profits, for non-farmers or farmers.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
By attempting to second-guess the compilers of the world's most influential stock market indices, they hope to make instant windfall profits.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A cold snap in consuming nations works wonders for spot oil and gas prices, delivering windfall profits.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Although all the previous winners have done well, none has rocked the business world or posted amazing windfall profits.
The Sun (2015)
Growers of all sizes have set aside differences to fight a tax increase on windfall profits from high-priced soy exports.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This shares short-term windfall profits with the taxpayer (the cap) while giving the train operator some reassurance about long-term economic effects (the collar).
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
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