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
Copper prices were 26 percent higher on average in the 2026 financial year, the company said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
Plan 5 borrowers accounted for more than 10% of the total number of borrowers in the 2025-26 financial year.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
In 1876 twenty-three Acts were passed, two of them being temporary Supply Acts, measures which first became necessary with the alteration of the date of the financial year.
From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland
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