Meanings
nounfinancial year (plural financial years)
plural financial years
- UKaccountingSynonym of fiscal year.
As yet, we don't know what the comparable figures will be like for the current financial year which ends in March 2022, but we can have a good stab at approximating them.
2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 22Synonyms: fiscal year
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nounSynonym of fiscal year.
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financial year. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/financial%20year
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“financial year.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/financial%20year. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “financial year,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/financial%20year.
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