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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Beyond this, the force will receive up to £197.8m in funding in the 2026-2027 financial year - a 3.7% uplift in cash.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Qantas Group added 17 new aircraft during the past financial year, and expected up to 31 more to arrive in the year ahead, she said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
OnlyFans had 47 employees, 2.5 million active creators and 132 million active user accounts, in its latest financial year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Liverpool's use of AI tools to improve efficiency in children's social care will save about £150,000 by the end of the 2027-28 financial year.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
In the financial year 1882-3 the figures were £612,836,058.
From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott
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