noun
(1) 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"
(2) Basically the juices that drip from cooking meats
Etymology
From ; probably from , , the sediment of melted tallow < . See .
Noun
- A sauce made from the fat and juices that come out from meat as it is being cooked;
- A type of gravy.
- Unearned gain.
- Extra benefit.
- The first thousand tickets and the concessions cover the venue and the band. The rest is gravy.