year-end
Close the books
Year-end refers to the close of a calendar or fiscal year, typically the final weeks of December or the last period of a company's accounting cycle.
It functions as both noun and adjective: year-end reports, year-end bonuses, the year-end is our busiest time.
In business contexts, year-end often involves financial reviews, inventory counts, and tax preparation.
The term carries connotations of deadlines, summaries, and wrapping things up before a fresh start.
Formal accounts examination
- reportingConveying documented information
- financialRelating to money
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
- budgetPlan for spending
accounting · balance · statement · profit · loss · ledger · revenue · reconciliation
Concluding summary or review
- retrospectiveReviewing what came before
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- recapBrief review of events
- roundupOrganized gathering of scattered things
highlights · overview · assessment · evaluation · analysis · report · summary · stocktaking
audit
Formal accounts examination
- reportingConveying documented information
- financialRelating to money
- taxationCompulsory government revenue collection
budget · accounting · balance · statement · profit · loss · ledger · revenue · reconciliation · books
wrap-up
Concluding summary or review
- retrospectiveReviewing what came before
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- recapBrief review of events
roundup · highlights · overview · assessment · evaluation · analysis · report · summary · stocktaking · best-of
holiday
Day of rest
- celebrationFestive event marking occasion
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- fireworksExplosive light displays
champagne · party · midnight · revelry · decorations · family · friends · tradition · cheer · Hogmanay
- time wordsminute, hour, day, now, soon
- time periodsday, month, week, hour, minute
- Year in Reviewresolutions, milestones, highlights, recap, review
- Q4 Businessearnings reports, annual reports, quarterly results, budget reviews, financial statements
- tax terms1040, W-2, 1099, W-4, tax refund
- accountingbookkeeping, ledger, balance sheet, general ledger, accounts payable