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Windfall
WindfallAn unexpected profit. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Profit The difference between the price received for a product and its cost (the price of the factors of production used to make it). SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Wind up To liquidate a failing business by selling its assets. Windfall profit A sudden unexpected profit uncontrolled by the profiting party. Windfall tax A one off tax imposed by the government in the budget of July 1997 on the profits of privatized utilities companies. Window A brokerage firm's cashier department, where delivery of securities and settlement of transactions take place. Window contract A guaranteed investment contract purchased with deposits over some future designated time period (the "window"), usually between 3 and 12 months. Window dressing Making one's balance sheet more attractive in time for company year end. Window settlement A form of settlement between dealers whereby trades are settled through the physical comparison of transactions and actual money and stocks are transferred. WINDSOR LOCKS Credit Union WINDSOR LOCKS is a credit union with head office in WINDSOR LOCKS, CT WINDTHORST Credit Union WINDTHORST is a credit union with head office in WINDTHORST, TX WINDWARD COMMUNITY Credit Union WINDWARD COMMUNITY is a credit union with head office in KAILUA, HI PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Wildcard Is the unilateral choice of one party to a transaction. Will The written expression of a person's wishes as to how his property should be distributed by his executors. Williams Act Federal legislation enacted in 1968 (and now constituting Rules 13d and 14d of the Security Exchange Act of 1934) that imposes requirements with respect to public tender offers. Wilshire indexes Capitalization weighted indexes of all U.S.-headquartered companies which provides the broadest measure of US stock market performance. Wind up To liquidate a failing business by selling its assets. Windfall Windfall profit A sudden unexpected profit uncontrolled by the profiting party. Windfall tax A one off tax imposed by the government in the budget of July 1997 on the profits of privatized utilities companies. Window A brokerage firm's cashier department, where delivery of securities and settlement of transactions take place. Window contract A guaranteed investment contract purchased with deposits over some future designated time period (the "window"), usually between 3 and 12 months. Window dressing Making one's balance sheet more attractive in time for company year end. We thank you for using the Financial Dictionary to search for Windfall. If you have a better definition for Windfall than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Windfall may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Windfall and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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