YEAR-END

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does year-end mean? 

• YEAR-END (noun)
  The noun YEAR-END has 1 sense:

1. the end of a calendar year

  Familiarity information: YEAR-END used as a noun is very rare.

• YEAR-END (adjective)
  The adjective YEAR-END has 1 sense:

1. taking place at the close of a fiscal year

  Familiarity information: YEAR-END used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• YEAR-END (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The end of a calendar year

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Context example:

he had to unload the merchandise before the year-end

Hypernyms ("year-end" is a kind of...):

end; ending (the point in time at which something ends)

• YEAR-END (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Taking place at the close of a fiscal year

Context example:

year-end audit

Similar:

closing (final or ending)

 Context examples 

It is also very possible that you will become engaged during the year-end holidays.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You may become engaged at the year-end holidays, for example, a beautiful time of the year.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you can’t work that way, see if you can be in line for a performance-based, year-end bonus.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You may be given equity in the firm if you were an early hire or be offered a special year-end bonus.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You may be doing savvy year-end tax planning, too.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You are likely to see a large, one-time sum of cash through a commission, royalty, licensing fee, big year-end bonus, or a large fee for a special project you worked on in 2019.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You may also start polishing silver and rinsing crystal for the year-end celebrations.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)