anextrataxthat agovernmentchargesacompanywhen it makes alargeunexpectedprofit,especiallyif they have beenhelpedbyeconomicconditions:Followingrecordprofits, a 5bnwindfalltaxwas levied onenergycompanies.(Definition ofwindfall taxfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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windfall taxEven after thewindfalltaxwe came out ahead their public affairs director was later quoted as saying.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He has also called for awindfalltaxto be imposed on energy companies who are found to be unnecessarily putting up prices on customers.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thewindfalltaxis entirely justified for that reason, and is widely accepted to be so.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Thewindfalltaxwill raise about ￡5 billion and is thoroughly justified.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Let us make no bones about it: thewindfalltaxis right.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Is he aware of any plans to compensate pensioners and people on low earnings for the consequences of awindfalltax?From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0We have heard a lot about thewindfalltax.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0That will depend on the level at which thewindfalltaxis set.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0We cannot possibly support the proposed means of funding that programme—the proposedwindfalltax.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Thewindfalltaxwill hit customers and shareholders, and it will hit pensioners, because the shareholders are mainly pension funds.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/windfall-tax##
