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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It marks the lowest growth since its fourth quarter of the financial year 2020 — which covered the three months ended January 31, 2020 — when sales increased by 1.9%.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
Net profit climbed 9 percent from a year earlier to US$9.8 billion in the financial year to June 30, said the resources group, the world's biggest miner by market value.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
The following month the club announced record revenues of £703m for the 2024-25 financial year.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Reds became the top-earning Premier League club for the first time this year, according to sports finance experts Deloitte, announcing record revenues of £703 million for the 2024-25 financial year.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The civil year begins, at midnight, on January 1; the financial year on April 1; the ecclesiastical year with Advent, about December 1; the scholastic year about the middle of September, and so on.
From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by E. Walter (Edward Walter) Maunder
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