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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Panorama has learned the DWP paid out £410m for SEA in Birmingham alone in the last financial year.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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
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
Monday, May 19th.—The coalminers lately received concessions in wages and hours that are going to cost the country twenty millions sterling in the present financial year.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 28, 1919 by Various
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