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.

Recent Examples on the Web

In fiscal year 2025, Enterprise says 14,188 metric tons of CO2 equivalent were offset through the program. — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Gloria, who’s been in public office for nearly two decades, knows that budgets are fluid documents that are adjusted over the course of a fiscal year. — U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

Last fiscal year’s results were even lower than 2020, when business was suspended for about a third of the year by the COVID-19 pandemic. — Savannah Sicurella, AJC.com, 31 July 2026

Attendance has yet to return to pre-2020 levels, though the museum welcomed 71,000 visitors in its most recent fiscal year. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 31 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fiscal year

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Legal Definition

fiscal year

noun

: an accounting period of 12 months