1 an amount of money that sb/sth wins or receives unexpectedly:
The hospital got a sudden windfall of ｣300000. * windfall gains / profits * The government imposed a windfall tax (= a tax on profits to be paid once only, not every year) on some industries.
2 a fruit, especially an apple, that the wind has blown down from a tree:
The ground was covered with windfalls.
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