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

Etymology

Origin of fiscal year

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45

Example Sentences

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fiscal year

Airtel Money reported earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $676 million in the fiscal year ended March, and currently has 53 million monthly active users.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The U.S. bank cuts its Terumo revenue forecast for the fiscal year starting in April 2027 but raises operating profit estimates for the period onward.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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

Annual report of the Hydrographer to the bureau of navigation for the fiscal year ending January 30, 1891.

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

Related Words

• calendar year
• financial year