Sentences with 'windfall'
Example sentences and phrases with the word windfall and other words derived from it.
• « By the mid-18th century, Britain had become a commercial and military power; its economic influence stretched from India, where the British East India Company had acquired control of both trade and territory, to the coast of West Africa, where British slave traders predominated, and the British West Indies, whose lucrative sugar plantations, especially in Barbados and Jamaica, provided windfall profits for British planters. »
• « Hamilton's plan to convert the IOUs into bonds worked well to restore European confidence in the American economy. It also proved to be a windfall for creditors, especially those who had bought state and Confederate notes at far below face value. But it immediately sparked controversy over the size and scope of the government. »
• « A healthy young slave in the 1850s could sell for $1,000 (approximately $30,000 in 2014 dollars), and a planter who could sell ten of these slaves reaped a windfall. »