windfalls
Unexpected financial blessings
Windfalls are fruits blown from trees by the wind, found on the ground rather than picked.
The word extends to any unexpected good fortune, especially money received without effort: The inheritance was a windfall, a windfall profits tax.
The metaphor captures something valuable that simply falls into your lap.
Reward beyond expectation
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- jackpotAccumulated gambling prize
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
- unexpectedNot anticipated beforehand
boon · gains · profits · lucky · sudden · surprise · wealth · bequest
bonus
Reward beyond expectation
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- jackpotAccumulated gambling prize
- lotteryRandomized prize distribution
unexpected · boon · gains · profits · lucky · sudden · surprise · wealth · bequest · dividend
apples
Round tree fruit
bruised · cider · gleaning · autumn · ground · picking · ripe · trees · bushels · pressing
branches
Limbs of trees
damage · cleanup · gales · timber · logs · hurricane · firewood · uprooted · downed · salvage
- income typesdividends, dividend income, interest, earnings, revenue
- generositygiving, benevolence, donations, magnanimity, gifts
- pros and conspros, cons, advantage, disadvantage, pluses
- unpredictablessurprises, chance, randomness, uncertainty, unpredictables
- What Could Happenoutcomes, scenarios, possibilities, probabilities, hypotheticals
- apple harvestingapple picking, fruit picking, handpicking, apple crates, harvest season
windfallsmisfortunes
Instances of bad luck
calamities · disasters · setbacks · hard luck · catastrophes
windfallsearned income
Pay from work
wages · salaries · salary · paycheck · steady income
windfallslosses
Things subtracted from standing
financial losses · shortfalls · deficits · debts · liabilities
- windfall profitsSudden unexpected large gains
- windfall taxesTax on unexpected large gains
- windfall taxLevy on sudden large profits