year to datenoun [ S ]
ukuswritten abbreviation YTD ACCOUNTING, FINANCEthe period from the beginning of the year (either a calendar year or a financial year) until the present time, used especially when talking about a company's sales, profits, etc.:
financial/fiscal year to date In the financial year to date, receipts were up 6.3%.
For the year to date, sales have fallen by 15.4%.
year-to-date
adjective [ before noun ]
The High-Yield Bond Portfolio had a year-to-date return of 1.75%.
year-to-date
adverb
Nationally, car sales are down about 3% year-to-date.