fy

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A form of fiscal year — An accounting period of one year, not necessarily coinciding with the calendar year.

CommonScrabble 8

Meanings

fy1

interjection
  1. archaicArchaic form of fie.

    "O fy, Andrew, how can ye say sae? How can ye doubt that it was in the Almighty's name?"

    1828, James Hogg, Mary Burnet

FY2

nounFY (plural FYs)

plural FYs

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of fiscal year.

    For example, in FY 2016 the U.S. Department of Agriculture has budgeted more than $1.4 billion to spend on its own research through the Agricultural Research Service.

    2016, Jayson Lusk, Unnaturally Delicious, →ISBN, page 205
    1 more example

    It cites a report by the Human Rights Campaign that found "anti-LGBTQ+ disinformation and harmful rhetoric" increased by 400 percent following the passage of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill in 2022, as well as a report by the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations that found that "hate crimes involving anti-immigrant slurs increased by 31 percent" in FY 2024, the highest number since tracking began in 2007.

    2025 July 24, Sophia Mandt, “California Is Advancing a Bill To Punish Social Media Companies for Not Suppressing Speech”, in Reason
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of financial year.
phrase
  1. InternetabbreviationinitialismvulgarInitialism of fuck you.
  2. InternetabbreviationinitialismvulgarInitialism of fuck yeah.

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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