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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
Defense spending has dropped from 23.9% of the budget (and 5.0% of GDP) in 1990 to 12.9% of the budget (and 3.2% of GDP) in the most recent fiscal year.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
That’s even as bond yields have rebounded since the Federal Reserve’s first rate cut last month, while fresh budget data showed that the deficit was $1.8 trillion for the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2024
The audit examined annual program costs from fiscal years 2003-04 through 2023-24 and found that costs jumped nearly 75% from fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23 — from $6.6 million to $11.5 million.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
The closures, which will happen within the next three years, will start with 500 stores being shuttered in fiscal year 2025, Walgreens announced Tuesday in an earnings report.
—Eric Lagatta, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1843, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Fiscal year.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiscal%20year. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Legal Definition
fiscal year
noun
: an accounting period of 12 months
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