year-end

American  

[yeer-end] / ˈyɪərˈɛnd /

Or yearend

noun

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

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adjective

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

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

Etymology

Origin of year-end

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

But the timing of the succession remained a mystery through Munger’s death in November 2023 and until this past May, when Buffett, 95, declared on the same stage that he intended to retire at year-end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

He predicts at least one interest-rate cut before year-end, and possibly a second.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

After an 11-session losing streak, one can enter here and look for the stock to travel toward $140 by year-end, a 44% gain from current prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

It raised its consensus for year-end core inflation, based on the price index of personal-consumption expenditures, to 2.9% from 2.6% in January.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Across the country that day, the ballots for year-end honors in Thoroughbred racing began arriving in journalists’ postboxes.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand