A year in the Julian or Gregorian calendars with an intercalary day added to February, used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day 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.

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

A year that is not a leap year.

On or happening at the end of the year (e.g., late December).

plural of common year

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

(idiomatic) The inexperienced, youthful prime of an individual, group, organization or entity.

Operating or continuing throughout the year.