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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Hence, what would have been STS-13 became STS-41-C, where the 4 was the fiscal year (1984), the 1 was the launch site (Kennedy Space Center in Florida), and C was the order of launch (C was the third planned flight of the year). Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026 Earlier this month, the White House released its budget request for fiscal year 2027. Mary Eber, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026 The executive budget is the next step in the budget process, and represents the final round of negotiations between the mayor and City Council in deciding how to allocate the city’s money in the upcoming fiscal year. Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026 But funding for homelessness also is getting squeezed in the president’s budget for fiscal year 2027. Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026 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 1 May. 2026.

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fiscal year

noun
: an accounting period of 12 months
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