by month end vs by the month end

Both "by month end" and "by the month end" are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. "By month end" is more commonly used and refers to the end of a specific month without specifying which month. On the other hand, "by the month end" is less common and specifies the end of a particular month.

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by month end

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something will be completed or achieved before the end of a specific month, without specifying which month.

Examples:

We need to finalize the report by month end.
The project should be completed by month end.

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Your funds will arrive by month's end.
$ 160, by the month end.
I'll tell you what. I'm willing to pay an extra eighth a share if we ink it by month's end.
They shall also send a comprehensive report to the Commission by thirty months following the end of the transposition period
Quarterly data as referred to in Articles 3, 4 and 5 shall be transmitted to the Commission (Eurostat) at the latest by three months after the end of the quarter to which the data relate.
Quarterly data referred to in Article 3 shall be delivered to the Commission (Eurostat) at the latest by three months after the end of the quarter to which the data relate.
1. Quarterly data referred to in Article 3 shall be delivered to the Commission (Eurostat) at the latest by three months after the end of the quarter to which the data relate.
for the programmes referred to in Article 12, Member States shall report to the Commission positive and negative results of investigations detected during their surveillance of poultry and wild birds every three months by the end of the following month;
Managers of qualifying venture capital funds shall make available an annual report to the competent authority of the home Member State for each qualifying venture capital fund that they manage, by six months following the end of the financial year.
Managers of qualifying social entrepreneurship funds shall make available an annual report to the competent authority of the home Member State for each qualifying social entrepreneurship fund that they manage, by six months following the end of the financial year.
Her savings account matures at the month-end.
It is evidently an excellent political remedy to the policy of levelling down and a good way of gleaning a few ECUs to round off your month end.
Regular reporting of the data The three time series for the credit institutions, referring to month-end stocks figures, are transmitted to the ECB at a monthly frequency by close of business on the last working day of the month following the reference period.
Chairman, I hate to ask you for a favour... but can you please honour our month-end invoice?
l promised Comrade Krushchev that the American President will get the message before the month ends.
The three time series for the credit institutions, referring to month-end stocks figures, shall be transmitted to the ECB monthly, at the latest by the NCB working day preceding the start of the maintenance period.
It's month end. Who'll pay?
'The three time series for the credit institutions, referring to month-end stocks figures, are transmitted to the ECB at a monthly frequency, by the NCB business day preceding the start of the maintenance period.
These requirements shall cover end-month and end-quarter stocks as well as monthly and quarterly flow adjustments.
I don't know what happens when our three-month contract ends.

Alternatives:

by the end of the month
before the end of the month
by the end of this month
by the end of next month
by the end of December

by the month end

This phrase is correct but less commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that something will be completed or achieved before the end of a specific month, with the emphasis on a particular month.