Meanings
- not comparableOn or happening at the end of the year (e.g., late December).
His year-end taxes were supposed to be postmarked by December 30.
1 more example
The 21 January FUJIAN DAILY reports that the average income for the peasants from the year-end distribution on (Paijiang) [Paichiang] No 12 team of (Xinan) [Hsinan] commune in Xiapu [Hsiapu] County reached 220 yuan, and that (Jukou) [Chukou] commune in Jianyang [Chienyang] County has abolished its erroneous decision on limiting the size of peasants' incomes, with the result that on more than 20 production teams the average income per person exceeds 130 Yuan.
1979 January 23 [1979 January 21], “FUJIAN DAILY Calls for Increase in Peasants' Income”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 16, sourced from Fuzhou Fujian (Foochow Fukien) Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, page G 6
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivetaking place at the close of a fiscal year
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 年末的, 年終的 /年终的
- 年末的 (niánmò de)on the end of the year
- 年終的 /年终的 (niánzhōng de)on the end of the year
- 年尾的 (niánwěi de)on the end of the year
Malay akhir tahun, hujung tahun
- akhir tahunon the end of the year
- hujung tahunon the end of the year
Polish końcoworoczny
- końcoworocznyon the end of the year
Cite this entry
year-end. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/year-end
“year-end.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/year-end. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “year-end,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/year-end.
Source: year-end on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.