year-on-year

A form of year-over-year — Compared to the same time period in the previous year (for example, monthly inflation).

Meanings

adjectiveyear-on-year (not comparable)

alternative year on year

  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of year-over-year.

    Within six months, the total number of passengers forecast to use the line in the entire first year (650,000) had already been passed. For the first 12 months, the figure was in excess of 1.2 million. And overall, it has grown year-on-year, reaching over two million in 2018-19.

    2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail, page 52
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    Prices for new homes in 70 Chinese cities fell by a worse-than-expected 1.3% year on year in August, according to official figures, reflecting a turbulent 12 months in which China’s housing sector has gone from an unstoppable driver of growth and prosperity to being the chief threat to the world’s powerhouse economy.

    2022 September 25, Martin Farrer, “A Ponzi scheme by any other name: the bursting of China’s property bubble”, in The Guardian
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APA

year-on-year. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/year-on-year

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Chicago

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