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accounting period

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noun

  1. a regular period of time, as a month or a year, for which an operative statement is drawn up.


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The company recorded a loss of £43m in 2023, following losses of about £70m in 2022 and more than £25m in the previous 17 month accounting period.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024

So we must decide what the appropriate accounting period should be for measuring income and loss.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2020

Much of that success, no doubt, is carryover from the C.M.A.’s — Nielsen’s accounting period for last week’s chart ended just one day after the awards.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2015

He was also right to be wary of how his successors, many years from now, might view the tapes at the end of each accounting period.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2015

Fiscal year: This entry identifies the beginning and ending months for a country's accounting period of 12 months, which often is the calendar year but may begin in any month.

From The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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