fiscal year

American  

noun

• fiscal years
  plural

1. any yearly period without regard to the calendar year, at the end of which a firm, government, etc., determines its financial condition.

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fiscal year British  

noun

1. any annual period at the end of which a firm's accounts are made up

2. the annual period ending April 5, over which Budget estimates are made by the British Government and which functions as the income-tax year

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fiscal year Cultural  

1. A twelve-month period for which an organization, such as a government or corporation, plans the use of its funds. Commonly, fiscal years run from July 1 to June 30, or, in the case of the U.S. government, from October 1 to September 30.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• fiscal years
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of fiscal year

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

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Example Sentences

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fiscal year

Two direct customers accounted for 22 percent and 14 percent of Nvidia’s revenue in its 2026 fiscal year, according to the company’s annual report.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

WASHINGTON—The U.S. national debt reached 100% of gross domestic product for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, hitting the triple-digit mark for the first time since 1946.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Niccol said such initiatives give customers more reasons to choose Starbucks, and he promised more beverages, food and merchandise collections to come in the new fiscal year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

NASA’s reimbursements to Caltech for the cost of running JPL fell about 12% to $2.3 billion in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Report of the chief of the bureau for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891.

From United States Government Publications, v. 8 Jan-Jun 1892 A Monthly Catalog by Compiled

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Related Words

• calendar year
• financial year

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