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windfall gain

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00:55 Sep 1, 2021
English to Japanese translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
Additional field(s): Business/Commerce (general), Finance (general), Marketing / Market Research
English term or phrase: windfall gain
Definition from Economic Times:
an unexpected gain in income which could be due to winning a lottery, unforeseen inheritance or shortage of supply. Windfall gains are transitory in nature.

Example sentence(s):
  • A study carried out by researchers from Stonehill College, Ohio University, and the University of Michigan – The Psychology of Windfall Gains – and published in the journal Organiational Behavior and Human Decision Processes in 1994, informed that the majority of participants who completed three questionnaires said they more readily spent windfall gains than other types of assets. market business news
  • In particular, after receiving a windfall gain, individuals are more likely to drop out of the labour force and the effects become larger as the size of windfall increases. IZA Journal of Labor Economics
  • Use these windfall gains to first pay off your high cost loans. Even if you don’t want to pay them off fully, at least reduce the number of credit cards you have or repay some of the personal loans. Motilal Oswal
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5思わぬ収入、思いがけない収入
Ryo Tsuruta


  

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思わぬ収入、思いがけない収入


Definition from meaning-dictionary.com:
辞書によると「思わぬ収穫」とは、「思いがけず良いことが起こること」を指す言葉だと記載されています。

この「思いがけず良いことが起こるという意味」なら、「棚ぼた」や「棚からぼたもち」と言う言葉もありますが、こうした言葉とのニュアンスの違いについて次項で考えたいと思います。

Example sentence(s):
  • 趣味が思わぬ収入源に、無理なく始められる副業 - diamond.jp  
  • その道の専門家として評判が広まるなどすると、講演や原稿の依頼が舞い込み、思わぬ臨時収入を手にすることがある。 - president.jp  
  • 　家の片づけがてらフリマサイトで不用品を出品し、意外なものが売れて思わぬ収入となって嬉しい思いをした方も多いのではないでしょうか。 - Harbor Business  

Explanation:
棚ぼたとも言いますね。
Ryo Tsuruta
Japan
Local time: 17:55
Native speaker of: Japanese
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