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windfall

noun as in jackpot, profit

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Unadjusted brackets have also increased the state’s windfall from soaring capital gains, which the state taxes at the same rate as wage income.

This is partially because large windfalls of cash don’t usually figure into typical budgeting advice.

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The windfall from the expanded break will be concentrated in blue states that tend to have higher incomes and taxes.

This suggests that the U.S. government has an opportunity to realize a windfall profit by assigning gold holdings as collateral for gold-backed bonds issued by the U.S.

The interest is worrying the community, mostly of the Digo ethnic group, who fear they will be evicted or denied a share in future mining windfalls.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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