Explore Windfall through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like occurrent or occurrence. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Windfall meaning
- Something that has been blown down by the wind.
- The act of something being blown down by wind.
- A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind.
Synonyms of Windfall
Using Windfall
- The main meaning on this page is: Something that has been blown down by the wind. | The act of something being blown down by wind. | A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind.
- Useful related words include: edible fruit, occurrent, occurrence, happening.
- In the example corpus, windfall often appears in combinations such as: windfall tax, the windfall, windfall to.
Context around Windfall
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Windfall
- In this selection, "windfall" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, financial, having, little, tax, profits and taxes stand out and add context to how "windfall" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 5 000 windfall will assist and a big windfall on the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "windfall" sits close to words such as artistes, basel and casually, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with windfall
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Is it time for a larger windfall tax? (8 words)
He also has a big windfall on the horizon. (9 words)
Italy hits banks with 40% windfall tax for 2023reuters. (9 words)
Alethea Warrington, energy campaigner at the charity Possible, said the cheapest and quickest way to reduce people’s energy bills outside of a windfall tax would be to change the planning laws around onshore wind. (35 words)
He called on the Government to revisit its windfall taxes and ‘close the loopholes so that those profiting from the energy bills crisis fund the additional support needed to keep people warm and businesses afloat’. (35 words)
In November, voters in Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, North and South Dakota will decide on whether to liberalize their own cannabis laws — and let windfall pot industry taxes flow into state coffers. (32 words)
Is it time for a larger windfall tax? (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
A financial windfall — an inheritance, an insurance settlement or proceeds from the sale of a business — can be a golden ticket to a richer retirement.
Alethea Warrington, energy campaigner at the charity Possible, said the cheapest and quickest way to reduce people’s energy bills outside of a windfall tax would be to change the planning laws around onshore wind.
A trader having windfall profits in KPK might have to be at pains with his bank to prove why his receivable is not a ‘suspicious transaction’.
A windfall tax is a one-off tax imposed by a Government on a company, specifically targeting those that benefit from something they were not responsible for.
Berkshire also stands to reap a windfall in the form of dividends from its Apple investment.
Brian O’Dwyer, chairman of the New York State Gaming Commission, said sports betting in his state was generating a windfall of tax revenue.
But Mr Hunt said that as energy prices had come down so too had the receipts from the windfall levy.
But your patience will be rewarded—at least 2% back on a whole year’s spending will feel like a nice little windfall.
Ed Miliband, Labours shadow climate secretary, said ministers were letting “the fossil fuel companies making bumper profits off the hook with their refusal to implement a proper windfall tax”.
For most authors, a six- or seven-figure advance is a shocking windfall; most books typically do not earn back the advance in sales.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has urged state lawmakers to slap oil companies with a windfall profits tax for high gas prices, but so far there’s been little action in Sacramento.
He also has a big windfall on the horizon.
He called on the Government to revisit its windfall taxes and ‘close the loopholes so that those profiting from the energy bills crisis fund the additional support needed to keep people warm and businesses afloat’.
Her $5,000 windfall will assist furthering her hospitality career.
His second criticism is that demonising the fossil fuel giants – or over taxing them with even higher windfall taxes – is daft.
If he receives smaller amounts over time, he’s more likely to practice better money management than if given a large windfall all at once.
In last month’s Autumn Statement chancellor Jeremy Hunt snubbed calls for a cut in the headline rate applying to the windfall tax imposed last year on oil and gas firms.
In November, voters in Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, North and South Dakota will decide on whether to liberalize their own cannabis laws — and let windfall pot industry taxes flow into state coffers.
Is it time for a larger windfall tax?
Italy hits banks with 40% windfall tax for 2023reuters.
Common combinations with windfall
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- windfall tax 27×
- the windfall 24×
- windfall to 11×
- windfall profits 10×
- windfall for 9×
- windfall from 8×
- windfall taxes 8×
- windfall of 7×
- windfall in 6×
- financial windfall 5×