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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Supporters of the pocket rescission have further pointed out that the law does not forbid the president from sending a rescission message near the very end of the fiscal year. Kevin R. Kosar, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2025 Lawmakers are proposing roughly the same amount for the coming fiscal year, which starts October 1. Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025 Six months earlier, Schumer and a handful of Senate Democrats crossed party lines to back a Republican stopgap that kept the government open through the end of the fiscal year. Nik Popli, Time, 19 Sep. 2025 The 50 states already spent $34 billion in the 2023 fiscal year on Medicaid administration. Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fiscal year

Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 20 Sep. 2025.

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fiscal year

noun
: an accounting period of 12 months
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