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What is a windfall? A windfall is the result of an unexpected large positive event. In the case of a company, it could be the earnings from a large contract above and beyond projections, or unanticipated sales growth from a PR campaign. When certain industries find that economic conditions have given business a boost, government may levy windfall taxes to take a piece of the extra prosperity.

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Finance Allah Shmoop What is Ah windfall Waterfall snowfall pratfall
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that none of those are what we're talking about here
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So what's a windfall Well it's an incredible unexpected sudden
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fortune usually of the dolla dolla bill variety like you're
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at the blackjack table and you think you're only about

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to win fifteen bucks for that hand But it turns
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out you just won the casinos one million hand and
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suddenly you're surrounded by streamers and confetti and heavily made
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up women in rhinestone studded dresses And well you're being
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handed a massive check for one million dollars Yeah you
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should probably not double down or you bought a Powerball
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ticket on a whim You usually never waste your money
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on these things But you had a single that was
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just burning a hole in your pocket And you were
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bored while you were waiting in line at the Quickie
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Mart there So you took a shot and you scored
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and now you're set for life Huge windfall Yeah Final
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example You were employee number eight at Google and you
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decide to finally cash in your stock options Less of
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a windfall and more of a sky fall there but
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well it might be time to do a Google search
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for how much does it cost to buy your own 00:01:17.84 --> [endTime] island Yeah that's a good one
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