fiscal year

noun

: an accounting period of 12 months

Examples of fiscal year in a Sentence

Sales were up in the last fiscal year. Our fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30.
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The Utes booked a $3.0 million surplus in the 2023 fiscal year and a $6.9 million shortfall in 2024. Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025 In fiscal year 2023, USAID disbursed $72 billion in assistance worldwide, Reuters reported. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025 That took GoCardless’ salary expenses down 13% to £79.2 million in the company’s 2024 fiscal year. Ryan Browne, CNBC, 3 Feb. 2025 Since then, in the past two fiscal years, Otay Mesa judges denied asylum in roughly 67% of cases, according to data from the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse of Syracuse University, which gathers government data through public records requests. Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for fiscal year 

Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fiscal year was in 1843

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“Fiscal year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiscal%20year. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.

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fiscal year

noun
: an accounting period of 12 months
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