calendar year
A calendar year is shown on a wall calendar with all twelve months displayed.
Noun: A calendar year is a period of 365 days (or 366 in a leap year) that begins on January 1 and ends on December 31, based on the Gregorian calendar. It is the standard civil year used for reckoning time in most of the world for administrative, business, and daily purposes.
The term "calendar year" is used to specify a precise, consecutive 12-month period according to the standard calendar, distinguishing it from other types of years (like a fiscal year or an academic year). It is often used in formal, legal, and financial contexts.
- Noun:
- The company's financial report covers the entire calendar year from January to December.
- Your subscription renews at the start of each calendar year.
- Taxes are calculated based on income earned in a single calendar year.
- "Based on the calendar year": Used to indicate that a schedule, deadline, or cycle aligns with January 1 to December 31.
- The budget is planned based on the calendar year.
- "Within the calendar year": Refers to something happening at some point between January 1 and December 31 of a given year.
- We aim to launch the product within the current calendar year.
- Fiscal Year (FY) (n): A 12-month period used for accounting and budget purposes, which may not align with the calendar year (e.g., July 1 to June 30).
- Academic Year (n): A period of time, typically from late summer/autumn to the following spring/summer, used by schools and universities.
- Year (n): A general period of 365 days (or 12 months). The "calendar year" is a specific type of year.
- Civil year
- Gregorian year
The term "calendar year" has one primary meaning related to the Gregorian calendar timeframe. It does not typically have idiomatic or phrasal verb uses, as it is a specific compound noun referring to a time period.
A calendar year is shown on a wall calendar with all twelve months displayed.
- the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar