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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According to the analyst, consensus growth expectations remain too high going into fiscal year 2026 and there is a consumer spending pullback likely to happen. Pia Singh, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025 Scholarship program has waitlist of thousands of kids In fiscal year 2024, the average waitlist for the state scholarship program — overseen by the Texas Workforce Commission — was about 78,000. Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2025 The city plans to spend nearly $690 million on housing and homelessness programs in the upcoming fiscal year. Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2025 What To Know In a report published on Thursday, the Japanese Defense Ministry announced that its air force was scrambled 704 times against foreign military aircraft that were approaching the nation's airspace in the fiscal year 2024 period, which spans from April 1 to March 31. David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 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 20 Apr. 2025.

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fiscal year

noun
: an accounting period of 12 months
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