biennium

noun

bi·​en·​ni·​um bī-ˈe-nē-əm 

plural bienniums or biennia bī-ˈe-nē-ə 

: a period of two years

Examples of biennium in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After years of lobbying for more state funding, Connecticut’s food pantries secured $9 million in the biennium budget passed by lawmakers last month — $3 million for the coming fiscal year and $6 million in the following year, far more than the annual $850,000 previous budgets had allocated. —Janhavi Munde, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025

Rothman had asked for an $856 million increase over the 2025-27 biennium. —Cleo Krejci, jsonline.com, 9 July 2025

Their budget leaves about $3 billion in reserves by the end of the biennium ― more than 13% of the state's revenues, and a greater amount than the House proposed. —Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025

And a corporate tax surcharge that was supposed to expire would be extended to 2028, raising another $128 million over the coming biennium. —Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025

Word History

Etymology

Latin, from bi- + annus year — more at annual

First Known Use

1699, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for biennium

• millennium
• quinquennium
• triennium