NOUN (1)

1. the end of a calendar year;
- Example: "he had to unload the merchandise before the year-end"


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. taking place at the close of a fiscal year;
- Example: "year-end audit"

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

year-end \year"-end\, adj.
   1. taking place at the close of a fiscal year. year-end audit
      [WordNet 1.5]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

year-end \year"-end\, n.
   1. the end of a calendar year. he had to unload the
      merchandise before the year-end
      [WordNet 1.5]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

closing \closing\ adj.
   final or ending; terminal; as, the closing stages of the
   election; the closing weeks of the year; the closing scene of
   the film; closing remarks. Opposite of opening. [Narrower
   terms: year-end]
   [WordNet 1.5]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

year-end
    adj 1: taking place at the close of a fiscal year; "year-end
           audit"
    n 1: the end of a calendar year; "he had to unload the
         merchandise before the year-end"