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
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The accounts also showed that operating costs rose to £200.8m, compared with £147.9m in the previous financial year.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
Jio reported revenue from operations of 1.47 trillion rupees and net profit of 300.49 billion rupees for the financial year ended March 31.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Morgan Stanley’s earnings per share estimate for Apple was kept at about $10 in the financial year of 2027 and almost $11 in 2028.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
The centre said they supported 296 women, 88 men and 231 children in the last financial year and feel "there is a huge gap between rural and urban domestic abuse".
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
The committee will at once observe an obvious distinction between the votes of credit taken for the current financial year and that which we propose to take for the ensuing year.
From New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
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