year-end

Or year·end

[yeer-end]

noun

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

adjective

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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of year-end¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

The third quarter should be seen as a bridge quarter, with order momentum shifting to year-end, they add.

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Oxford Economics’ Davenport doesn’t expect the jobs rebound to repeat in October, and said further layoffs in Canada are likely and that will lift the unemployment rate to the mid-7% range by year-end.

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AI continues to dominate the thinking of CIOs; 58% either have AI projects in production already or expect to by year-end.

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Swift and Morgan Wallen were the only two artists more popular than Bryan in the U.S. last year, according to Billboard’s year-end chart.

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Meanwhile, T-bill rates have fallen in recent months amid intensifying expectations for additional rate cuts by the Fed before year-end.

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