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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Proposed allocations for departments for the next three financial years:
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It is the fifth time Next has increased its guidance in the past financial year.
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The latest figures show for the past two financial years there has been an overall decrease in the number of placements, with recruitment not keeping up with those deregistering.
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The A$10m figure is significant, but does not have a huge impact on a forecast A$600m revenue in the financial year.
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States remain legally responsible for providing employment - or paying unemployment allowances, even as the central government allocates $9.5bn for the scheme in the current financial year, ending next March.
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