year-end

American  

[yeer-end] / ˈjɪərˈɛnd /

Or yearend

noun

1. year's end; the end of a calendar year.

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adjective

1. taking place or done at the year-end.

   a year-end sale; a year-end audit.

Etymology

Origin of year-end

First recorded in 1870–75

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Example Sentences

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year-end

Disc Medicine plans to resubmit its blood-disorder drug for FDA approval by year-end after a late-stage trial met all its primary and secondary goals.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Also contributing is quarter-end and year-end tax-loss selling — unloading the worst-performing stocks to lower capital-gains burdens — from mutual funds and individual investors.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

At year-end 2000, it had only $106 million in assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The final regulatory steps are expected around year-end, by when "UniCredit will have approximately 50% of Commerzbank's voting rights and be able to take control of the bank," it said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

I will, as is the custom each year, call upon your hardworking, dedicated and grossly underpaid teachers to announce the year-end examination results and class standings.”

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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