year-end
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Definition
- Noun:
- The conclusion of a calendar or fiscal year: "year-end" refers to the final period of a year, often associated with closing accounts, reporting, and assessments.
- Adjective:
- Occurring or related to the end of a year: Used to describe events, activities, or financial actions that happen as a year concludes.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The company's financial reports are prepared at year-end.
- We always conduct a full inventory count at year-end.
- Adjective:
- The year-end bonus is based on annual performance.
- All departments must submit their year-end summaries by December 31st.
Advanced Usage
- "Year-end closing": The accounting process of finalizing financial records for the year.
- The finance team is busy with the year-end closing.
- "Year-to-date (YTD) vs. year-end": "Year-to-date" refers to the period from the start of the year to the present, while "year-end" refers to the final, complete annual figure.
- Our year-to-date sales are strong, and we expect a positive year-end result.
Variants and Related Words
- Year-ending (adj): Serving to mark the end of the year. (Less common than "year-end" as an adjective).
- The year-ending celebration was a great success.
- Year-ender (n): An event, article, or list summarizing the year.
- The magazine published its annual year-ender of the top news stories.
Synonyms
- Noun: Year's close, year's end, fiscal year-end.
- Adjective: Annual (in some financial contexts), closing, final (for the year).
Related Phrases
- "To wrap up the year-end": To complete all necessary tasks at the end of the year.
- We need to wrap up the year-end paperwork before the holiday.
- "Year-end review/assessment": An evaluation of performance or results over the past year.
- The manager scheduled a year-end review with each employee.
Noun
- the end of a calendar year
- he had to unload the merchandise before the year-end
Adjective
- taking place at the close of a fiscal year
- year-end audit