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year-end

year-end

15 2.7
The time at the end of the year when businesses check accounts or finish activities
  • noun
  • /jɪr ɛnd/
translation icon : fin de año
  • At the year-end, the accountant finalized all accounts and prepared the reports for stakeholders.
  • year-end goal

They may have to write it down again before year end.

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Examples

  • The current (i.e., not cyclically adjusted) total yield is 4.41% as of year-end 2014.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Even the best-laid year-end campaign plans can fall flat if you settle for sucky appeals.

    Blog text (3)
  • With a couple of months to go before year-end, we'll see how things play out.

    Blog text (23)
  • Finally, all detailed testing is performed after the year-end numbers are available.

    Academic text (2004)
  • So year end dividends and postponed earnings have been cancelled.

  • Stores are trying to make every sale they can via year-end clearance sales.

    Blog text (5)
  • The year-end notice was allowed to be sent via first-class mail or e-mail.

    Academic text (2017)
  • We do not have year-end 1994 data yet from Venture Economics.

    Academic text (1995)
  • I've been told by several partners that 2008 year-end payouts will be down and 2009 will be even less.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The groups used a local school for meetings and held a year-end neighborhood festival staged by residents with consultation from the interns.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

end
vsyear-end
1.0

The final part of something, like an event or story

is the calendar year's specific time for checking accounts and completing tasks
ending
vsyear-end
398 1.0

The final part of something, like an event, story, or relationship

is the calendar year's specific occasion for reviewing accounts and completing tasks
close
vsyear-end
273 1.6

The end of an event, period, or activity

is the calendar year's specific time for settling accounts and wrapping up work
finish
vsyear-end
39 1.0

The final part of an event or activity

is the calendar year's main moment for checking accounts and completing tasks
tail end
vsyear-end
13 3.5

The last part of something, especially a period or event

is the calendar year's specific moment used to review accounts and complete annual duties

Surface Forms

year-end singular
year-ends plural

Morphology

year-end = year + end (transparent) = year + end

A literal compound denoting the end of the year, whose meaning is directly derived from its components.

Etymology

The word year-end comes from the simple parts year ('a 12-month period') and end ('the close'), so as a noun it means the time when the year finishes and people check accounts or have a celebration.