Windfall

/ˈwɪndˌfɔːl/ noun

Definition

An unexpected gain or piece of good luck, often money or something valuable. It usually arrives suddenly and without much effort.

Etymology

Originally meant fruit blown down from trees by the wind, which people could pick up easily. Over time it came to mean any unexpected 'free' benefit.

Kelly Says

The word carries a picture of apples dropping into your lap thanks to the wind. That quiet image still lives in the modern sense of money or good fortune that just 'falls' into your life.

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