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Windfall

by rob2018|Published September 17, 2022

DEF: Money or profit received unexpectedly.

EX:

European nuclear energy companies are making large windfall profits because electricity price increases with the price of oil and gas, but the nuclear company do not use these fossil fuels and are not affected by their costs.

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