financial year

noun

1. any annual period at the end of which a firm's accounts are made up
2. the annual period ending April 5, over which Budget estimates are made by the British Government and which functions as the income-tax year

Example Sentences

As the financial year had closed in May, it would be more than two years since the previous report had been made to the public.

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By the advent of the financial year 1888-9, most intelligent public men felt gravely disturbed.

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A sharp increase is bound to come, however, in the course of the financial year.

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The Budget for the next financial year was introduced in due course.

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It was a night which marked the close of the financial year of the firm.

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Related Words

• calendar year