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fiscal year (**피**스컬 **이**어)A twelve-month period that a company or government uses for accounting purposes and preparing financial statements

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: A twelve-month period that a company or government uses for accounting purposes and preparing financial statements

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈfɪskəl jɪr/

Korean meaning: 회사나 정부가 회계 목적과 재무제표 작성을 위해 사용하는 12개월 기간

Korean pronunciation: **피**스컬 **이**어

Example Sentences

  • The company's fiscal year starts in April, which means they're probably tired of April Fool's jokes about their budget.
  • We need to finalize all expenses before the fiscal year ends next month.
  • The government's fiscal year planning is like New Year's resolutions - full of good intentions that rarely survive until March.

fiscal year

NOUN

//ˈfɪskəl jɪr//

A twelve-month period that a company or government uses for accounting purposes and preparing financial statements

fiscal year concept
💡 Concept

The accountant celebrates as the fiscal year finally ends at midnight.

fiscal year rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

The physical year's work makes this critical year's fiscal year deadline intense!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈfɪskəl jɪr/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈfɪskəl jɪə/

🌳Etymology

Rootfiscal

Origin

fiscal은 라틴어 'fiscus(국고, 재정)'에서 유래되었으며, year는 고대 영어 'gear'에서 온 말입니다. 원래 fiscus는 로마시대 황제의 개인 금고를 의미했습니다.

🎵Rhyme

physical yearcritical yeartypical year
physical year
critical year
typical year

🔗Collocations

fiscal year end
current fiscal year
fiscal year budget
close the fiscal year
fiscal year reporting
new fiscal year

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

The company's fiscal year starts in April, which means they're probably tired of April Fool's jokes about their budget.

We need to finalize all expenses before the fiscal year ends next month.

😄 Fun example

The government's fiscal year planning is like New Year's resolutions - full of good intentions that rarely survive until March.

Our sales targets for this fiscal year are quite ambitious.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

financial yearaccounting yearbudget year

Antonyms

calendar year

Related

quarterly reportannual budgetfinancial statementtax yearaccounting period

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