The amount yielded by the annual income of property; used in expressing the value of a thing in the number of years required for its income to yield its purchase price, in computing the amount to be paid for annuities, etc.

a year chosen for comparison with other years, in statistical analysis and various indices, such as a price index. It usually has an arbitrary value of 100 to make percentage comparisons easier. A new base year can be chosen as the years progress.

(Singapore) A year that corresponds with the fifth animal sign in the Chinese zodiac and occurs once every 12 years.

plural of light-year

plural of base year

A year which is a multiple of one hundred (100) and marks that a century has past and changed to a new century (at the end of the year)

plural of century year

plural of equinoctial year

plural of ruin of the year

(chiefly poetic) The dying back of deciduous plants in late autumn.