| 词汇 | windfall |
| 释义 | windfall noun[ C ] uk /ˈwɪnd.fɔːl/ us /ˈwɪnd.fɑːl/ windfallnoun[C] (MONEY)an amount of money that you win or receive from someone unexpectedly: 意外之财 Investors each received a windfall of £3,000.投资者每人都获得了3000英镑的意外之财。 UKThe government is hoping to collect a windfall tax(= extra tax on a large unexpected company profit) from British Electric.政府打算针对英国电气公司获得的大笔意外利润征收额外的税款。 Amounts of money balance bank bounty buck capital circumstance coin fisc float holdback living wage money supply payout pool sub sum surplus trough wherewithal your daily breadidiom windfallnoun[C] (FRUIT)a piece of fruit blown down from a tree: 被风吹落的水果 I tend to leave the windfalls for the birds to pick at.我常常会把被风吹落的水果留给鸟儿们啄食。 Fruits & seeds & their parts ackee aronia barberry bergamot bur caryopsis chaff cone flesh peel peelings pip pith pithy poppy seed radicle radicular seed coat seed pod seedless windfall | American Dictionarywindfall noun[ C ] us/ˈwɪndˌfɔl/ an amount of money that you receive unexpectedly: The Belridge School, after receiving a financial windfall, purchased computers for all students and teachers. windfall | Business Englishwindfall noun[ C ] FINANCE, TAXuk /ˈwɪndfɔːl/us an amount of money that you receive unexpectedly: get/have/receive a windfallInvestors each received a windfall of $5,000. cash/financial/tax windfallThe investment firm unveiled a cash windfall for shareholders worth up to $650m. windfall gains/profitsStaff stood to make substantial windfall gains from share options. Examples of windfallwindfall On this transect, there is a disturbed forest from 420 m to 510 m probably resulting from ancient windfalls. A longitudinal study using data on windfalls. They should have encouraged savings, especially in the light of the huge windfalls that consumers were receiving from building societies and insurance companies following flotations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Windfalls have not been spent on consumption as in past years; they have also been used to reduce debt and for investments. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I go further and say that it is necessary to tax such windfalls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have had certain windfalls which have helped me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the consideration attaching to the ownership of land; there are the windfalls which have come to be associated with the ownership of land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that it was used for the purpose of asserting that fortuitous windfalls were a legitimate subject for taxation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the expression was used at all, was it not in connection with contradictions of any intention to tax windfalls? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of its recommendations—that, for future members, windfalls would be assigned to charity—has been followed by a number of societies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They may wish to counter some of the effects of de-mutualisation windfalls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are also some building society flotation windfalls that will add to consumer purchasing power. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not suggesting that there was skullduggery, but local authorities may decide to use such windfalls in ways other than for allotments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not motivated by share options or by windfalls from stock market flotations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Finally, it is essential that we slow down the logging of standing wood, in order to give priority to the purchase of windfalls. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English See all examples of windfall These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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