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• Windfall — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. An unexpected legacy …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• windfall — (n.) mid 15c., from WIND (Cf. wind) (n.) + FALL (Cf. fall) (n.1). Originally literal, in reference to wood or fruit blown down by the wind, and thus free to all. Figurative sense of unexpected acquisition is recorded from 1540s …   Etymology dictionary

• windfall — ► NOUN 1) an apple or other fruit blown from a tree by the wind. 2) a piece of unexpected good fortune, especially a legacy …   English terms dictionary

• windfall — [wind′fôl΄] n. 1. something blown down by the wind, as fruit from a tree 2. any unexpected acquisition, gain, or stroke of good luck …   English World dictionary

• windfall — UK [ˈwɪn(d)ˌfɔːl] / US [ˈwɪn(d)ˌfɔl] noun [countable] Word forms windfall : singular windfall plural windfalls 1) an amount of money that you get when you are not expecting it, especially a large amount windfall profits 2) an apple or other fruit …   English dictionary

• Fruit press — A traditional Cider press A modern cider press …   Wikipedia

• windfall — wind|fall [ˈwındfo:l US fo:l] n 1.) an amount of money that you get unexpectedly ▪ his £2 million windfall in the lottery windfall gain/profit etc (=high profits that you did not expect to make) 2.) a piece of fruit that has fallen off a tree …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• windfall — [[t]wɪ̱ndfɔːl[/t]] windfalls 1) N COUNT A windfall is a sum of money that you receive unexpectedly or by luck, for example if you win a lottery. 2) N COUNT A windfall is a fruit, especially an apple, that has fallen from a tree …   English dictionary

• windfall —    a bribe    Fruit which fell to the ground used to be given to whomsoever wished to gather it. Thus a windfall was something of value for which you did not have to pay, including a legacy or other unexpected benefit:     The cop and those… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• windfall — noun (C) 1 an amount of money that you get unexpectedly: Jackpot pools winner Salters toasted his 2 million windfall at his Edinburgh home. | windfall gain/profit etc (=high profits that you did not expect to make) 2 a piece of fruit that has… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• windfall — /wind fawl /, n. 1. an unexpected gain, piece of good fortune, or the like. 2. something blown down by the wind, as fruit. adj. 3. accruing in unexpectedly large amounts: windfall profits. [1425 75; late ME; see WIND1, FALL] * * * …   Universalium