windfall payment
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A one-time, unexpected payment received.
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- The company distributed a substantial windfall payment to its shareholders after the merger.
- Many employees hoped for a windfall payment following the successful IPO.
- He received an unexpected windfall payment from an old insurance policy.
- The government imposed a special tax on the energy companies' windfall payments.
- What would you do if you suddenly received a large windfall payment?
- Such a windfall payment could significantly boost the local economy.
- Critics argue that these windfall payments are not always fairly distributed.
- She decided to invest her windfall payment in real estate.
- The unexpected windfall payment allowed them to pay off their mortgage early.
- There's ongoing debate about whether to cap executive windfall payments.