What is the meaning of windfall?

Fruit that has fallen from the tree.
A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money. )
- usage: "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"
- synonyms: boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, bunce

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