year-end

1 of 2

noun

: the end of usually the fiscal year

year-end

2 of 2

adjective

: made, occurring, or existing at the year-end
a year-end report

Examples of year-end in a Sentence

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Adjective
Birmingham police only have to report criminal homicides to the FBI for year-end statistical review. Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 22 Mar. 2023 Global recorded-music revenue growth slowed down dramatically in 2022 but still was up 9% according to the year-end report from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry’s released Tuesday. Jem Aswad, Variety, 21 Mar. 2023 Martin Gruenberg, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., recently estimated that banks faced $620 billion in paper losses at year-end 2022. Mickey D. Levy, WSJ, 20 Mar. 2023 On a year-end earnings call in 2022, Novo Nordisk cited worldwide market growth of fifty per cent, with almost forty thousand new Wegovy prescriptions being written every week. Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for year-end 

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1872, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1899, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of year-end was in 1872

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“Year-end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/year-end. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.

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