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bunce

(bʌns)
n
a windfall or boom
vb (tr)
to charge (someone) too much money
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Noun1.bunce - a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line"
happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent - an event that happens
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