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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Surrey County Council's report found 116,359 trees had been planted in the 2025/26 financial year alone.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 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
In July, she told employees there would be 3,200 job losses across Xbox-owned studios over the current financial year.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The company said it expected revenues to decline by "high-single digits" in the financial year ahead, adding that it planned to make savings of $2.5bn by 2031, some of which will result in job losses.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
It is hoped that conditions will permit a senior appointment during the present financial year to inaugurate the service.
From Report of the National Library Service for the Year Ended 31 March 1958 by New Zealand. National Library Service
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