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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The research results counter the prevailing view that the stock market is so efficient that it almost immediately reflects anything reported in the financial news.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 4, 2026
That is why MarketWatch exists, to democratize financial news, and why The Moneyist column exists too.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Eduardo is a journalist with over 25 years covering international and financial news.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
But as any financial news reader knows, investors have been mobbing the exits of nontraded private credit funds in the past month.
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
It’s not easy to stand apart from mass hysteria—to believe that most of what’s in the financial news is wrong, to believe that most important financial people are either lying or deluded—without being insane.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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