year (noun)

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• year — ► NOUN 1) the time taken by the earth to make one revolution around the sun. 2) (also calendar year) the period of 365 days (or 366 days in leap years) starting from the first of January, used for reckoning time in ordinary affairs. 3) a period… …   English terms dictionary

• year — /jɪə / (say year) noun 1. a period of 365 or 366 days, divided into 12 calendar months, based on the Gregorian calendar and now reckoned as beginning 1 January and ending 31 December (calendar year). 2. a period of approximately the same length… …  

• year to date — ˌyear to ˈdate written abbreviation YTD noun [singular] ACCOUNTING the period from the beginning of a calendar or financial year until the present time, used especially to talk about the amount of sales or profit in a particular period: • For th …   Financial and business terms

• year — [jɪə, jɜː ǁ jɪr] written abbreviation yr noun [countable] 1. also calendar year the period of time beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31: • The Small Business Administration arranged 55,000 small business loans last year. 2 …   Financial and business terms

• year end — ˈyear end noun [singular, uncountable] ACCOUNTING FINANCE the end of a company s financial year: • Shareholders funds were almost £50 million at the year end. • The world s biggest household appliance maker has seen its year end profits fall. •… …   Financial and business terms

• year planner — ˈyear ˌplanner noun [countable] a large chart showing the days, weeks, and months of a particular year, which you use to write your planned activities on * * * year planner UK US noun [C] ► a software program or a large document put on a wall,… …   Financial and business terms

• year — noun 1 period of 12 months; period from January till December ADJECTIVE ▪ last, past ▪ The chart shows our performance over the past year. ▪ past, preceding, previous, recent …   Collocations dictionary

• year — noun (C) 1 12 MONTHS a period of about 365 days or 12 months, measured from any particular time: I arrived here two years ago. | We ve known each other for over a year. | 15 years old | a three year development | a four year old child |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• year — [ jır ] noun *** 1. ) count a period of 365 days, or 366 in a leap year, divided into 12 months: He lived in Paris for a few years. a ) used about a particular period of time, beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31, or between the first …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• year of grace — noun any year of the Christian era • Hypernyms: ↑year, ↑twelvemonth, ↑yr * * * : a year of the Christian era down to the present year of grace the year of grace 1955 * * * a specified year of the Christian era: this year of grace; the year of… …   Useful english dictionary

• year-end — UK US (also year end, year s end) noun [S] (also the year end) ► ACCOUNTING the end of the financial year, or the end of December: »The annual meeting is usually held a few months after the year end. »Banks have been slow to increase their… …   Financial and business terms