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financial year

noun [C]
 
 

Definition

a period of twelve months (not always January to December) for which a business, government, etc. plans its management of moneyYears and yearlyTaxation
(Definition of financial year noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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