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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Indivisible Project received almost $8 million in contributions from various sources in fiscal year 2023. Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025 Staffers are monitoring agency operations, tracking the shutdown’s impact, and addressing the close of fiscal year 2025. Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025 Later that month, the Kentucky Lantern reported the state's Consensus Forecasting Group projected revenue for the current fiscal year will fall $305 million short of expectations in the budget. Lillian Metzmeier, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Oct. 2025 City resort-tax data, which includes taxes on hotel rooms and food and beverage sales, shows total collections of just under $110 million in each of the past two fiscal years, a dip from about $114 million and $116 million in the prior two years. Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 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 21 Oct. 2025.

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fiscal year

noun
: an accounting period of 12 months
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