noun
- unexpected gains or pieces of good fortune, especially financial ones
- fruit that has fallen naturally from a tree, especially apples
Examples
- The company’s employees received unexpected windfalls when stock prices soared.
- Oil companies reported huge windfalls from rising energy prices.
- She considered her inheritance a windfall that would help pay for college.
- The farmer collected windfalls from beneath the apple trees.
- Tax windfalls allowed the city to fund new infrastructure projects.
- After the storm, the orchard was covered with windfalls.
- Lottery winners often struggle to manage their sudden windfalls wisely.