financial year
Britishnoun
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any annual period at the end of which a firm's accounts are made up
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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
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So far in the current financial year, borrowing has reached a total of £57.6bn.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Other top earners at the BBC last year included Greg James, Stephen Nolan, Laura Kuenssberg, Vernon Kay and Alan Shearer, but Gary Lineker dropped significantly after leaving two months into the financial year.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
It said that sales volume fell 2.8 percent to 1.5 million tonnes over the first nine months of its financial year up, but had increased 5.7 percent in the third quarter.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
It predicted that for the whole financial year up to the end of August, sales volumes would be down about one percent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Owing to fortuitous circumstances, the amount for the first thirty-five days of the financial year had turned out to be seven and a half millions a day.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 16, 1917 by Various
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