fiscal year
Americannoun
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fiscal years
plural
noun
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any annual period at the end of which a firm's accounts are made up
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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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Etymology
Origin of fiscal year
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Example Sentences
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Soitec reported a gross margin of 16.3% for the fiscal year that closed at the end of March.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The executive has told employees she expects profit margins in the double digits this fiscal year and to ultimately reach one billion people daily between the company’s games, films and other media, the Journal said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
In a post, it said that of the thousands of H-1B visa applications it submitted in the last fiscal year, 80% were to extend or change the status of existing Microsoft employees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Microsoft spokeswoman said that 80% of the H1b visa filings the company has submitted over the last fiscal year were related to employees already working at Microsoft, not new hires.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
In the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, the Post Office Department paid railroads and other transportation lines for services in transporting all postal matter, including almost 1,120,000,000 parcels, the sum of $63,358,997.
From The Express Companies of the United States A Study of a Public Utility by Bert Benedict
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