noun

• 1A situation which creates a sudden increase in wealth, good fortune, or profits.

  ‘a natural gas bonanza for Britain’

  More example sentences

  • ‘a bonanza year for the computer industry’
  • ‘Many politicians, bureaucrats and their families have benefited from this bonanza created on the backs of cheap immigrant labour.’
  • ‘This sure seems a bonanza opportunity for both designers and customers with a discerning eye.’
  • ‘Scotland's water is now regarded as a new profit bonanza for the collapsing privatised English water companies.’
  • ‘All three shows are large and will travel, making this a bonanza opportunity to explore new aspects of both artists and to see some rarely lent pictures.’
  • ‘As one would expect, most state and local governments responded to this apparent bonanza by increasing spending.’
  • ‘However, there is no great bonanza of wealth awaiting Ireland in the Atlantic waters.’
  • ‘An American firm predicts a bonanza as graphics processors make the £100 computer a reality’
  • ‘We joined the Common Market, which was going to give us all a bonanza of prosperity.’
  • ‘Such a massive increase to those lawyers who have already enjoyed a bonanza from the Tribunal is a contemptuous slap in the face to the ordinary worker.’
  • ‘The TV executives predict a bonanza rating since both boxers are proven crowd pleasers.’
  • ‘Day after day of bitter cold and cold winds blowing making life miserable for us all - all but the heating oil companies who are having a bonanza year.’
  • ‘I think it's important to emphasise that the government contracted a price which really was a bonanza price for the operators.’
  • ‘It would also create enormous problems of definition and entitlement and a bonanza for lawyers.’
  • ‘There is going to be a bonanza night of fun and entertainment taking place in the Ramblers Rest on Easter Sunday.’
  • ‘Thus, the beneficiaries of this scheme will get a double bonanza, a savings on their tuition fees and an international exposure.’
  • ‘Scottish universities are preparing for a cash bonanza as the number of overseas students is predicted to double in the next 15 years.’
  • ‘This tribal inferiority complex is what helped make the Rocky movies a box-office bonanza.’
  • ‘Fiji's mahogany may not prove to be the bonanza everyone once dreamed of but there's still potentially plenty to gain.’
  • ‘Sixty years later he was amazed that more timber was being cut than during the bonanza era of lumbering.’
  • ‘This could be a bonanza for communities, politicians and lobbyists.’
  • ‘Should they hit the bonanza with a film, the rewards can vary from £50,000 to £250,000.’
  • ‘Experts have predicted that internet retailers will benefit more than ever before from the festive bonanza.’
  • ‘Spate of mergers and acquisitions brings a bonanza for investment banks’
  • ‘The season of festive goodwill to all men produces a bonanza for family lawyers.’
  • ‘For many of the country's champions, gold medals are tickets to financial bonanzas.’

  Synonyms

  windfall, godsend

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  1. 1.1A large amount of something desirable.
     ‘the festive feature-film bonanza’
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     • ‘A steady stream of people from all over the City are flocking shopping malls to avail themselves of the special festival bonanzas.’
     • ‘Members are treated to a cultural bonanza during festivals bringing to the fore the rich tradition of Kerala.’
     • ‘Could we turn our present oversupply in South Australia and Victoria into a cash bonanza?’
     • ‘Kairali is airing a continuous 36-hour-long festival bonanza from Wednesday to Friday.’
     • ‘He told the News natural gas projects would continue the jobs bonanza of the Darwin railway.’
     • ‘None of the predictions about a ticketing bonanza had come true.’
     • ‘People are being urged to ditch low-paid unskilled work to take advantage of a jobs bonanza in the construction industry in Bradford.’
     • ‘Charities in Hyndburn are set to benefit from a cash bonanza.’
     • ‘The second half saw them totally dominate play and further goals from Elliot Scott and Liam Walsh completed the goal bonanza.’
     • ‘A large number of people visiting the exhibition grounds thronged the Kalavedika where they were feasted to a cultural bonanza.’
     Synonyms

     award, reward, premium

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