year-end

or year·end

[ yeer-end ]

noun

1. year's end; the end of a calendar year.

adjective

1. taking place or done at the year-end:

   a year-end sale; a year-end audit.

Word History and Origins

Origin of year-end¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

A broker was retained and a sale could be done by year end.

From Seattle Times

In all bar one of the year end standings in the past decade he has resided comfortably inside the top 10 - he was 11th at the end of 2017.

From BBC

We hope that we’ll have a company that people would want to own, and hopefully by year end or sometime next year.

From Seattle Times

The Federal Election Commission released its year end fundraising reports and they showed that the RNC had its worst fundraising year since 2013 only managing to take in $87.2 million in 2023.

From Salon

Given what we know now/see more clearly at the end of 2023 as opposed to the beginning of the year/end of 2022, what do you wish you knew then that you know now?

From Salon