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

The state’s caution stems from a law that prevents California from reducing school funding after a fiscal year ends. — Chaewon Chung updated September 15, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Beginning in the new fiscal year, the city plans to reduce the median bimonthly residential water and sewer bill from $78 to $62, a 21% reduction based on an average monthly consumption of 5,250 gallons. — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026

The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest monthly budget update, released yesterday, reports the federal budget deficit totaled $2 trillion in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2026, beginning in October and ending in August. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026

Niccol said more than 1,000 renovations have been completed over the past nine months, with thousands more planned for the next fiscal year. — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 10 Sep. 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