A year that is not a leap year.

A period covering the first few days of a calendar year. / In particular, January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar (New Year’s Day) and the days following.

(astronomy) A unit of length (abbreviation ly; equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (10¹⁶ metres)) equal to the distance light travels in one Julian year; used to measure extremely large distances.

A yearlong break from study taken by some students on leaving school before starting university, often spent gaining work experience or travelling.

(management, accounting) Relating to the period from the beginning of a fiscal year to the end of a reporting period.

One person's working time for a year, or the equivalent, used as a measure of how much work or labor is required or consumed to perform some task.

An inscription on a coin indicating the year in which the coin was either produced or issued.

The time it takes the Earth to pass once around the Sun, particularly a tropical, sidereal, or anomalistic year.

The time it takes the Earth to pass once around the Sun, as reckoned with respect to the seasons and not the fixed stars (for instance from vernal equinox to vernal equinox).

(idiomatic, Britain, Ireland) A very long time ago, from the beginning or as far back as one can remember.