year-end

American  

[yeer-end] / ˈyɪərˈɛnd /

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

Example Sentences

While shaving her year-end forecast from $5,200 to $5,000, Teves stays just above the analyst consensus of $4,844.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Morgan also recently trimmed their year-end targets for the S&P 500.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

The conflict upended Federal Reserve interest rate cut bets, with odds of two cuts by year-end dropping from 80% to less than 2%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

New projections signal a policy rate increase to 4.25%-4.5% by year-end, according to Governor Ida Wolden Bache.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Even more oddly, his anger had no obvious effect on the recipient’s paycheck; a trader might find himself routinely abused by his boss and yet delighted by his year-end bonus, determined by that same boss.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis