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year-over-year

Or year o·ver year

[yeer-oh-ver-yeer]

adverb

Accounting, Finance.
  1. as compared with the corresponding figure 12 months earlier; involving or reckoned by such a comparison: YoY

    Exports fell 2 percent year over year in May.

    February rents for one-bedroom apartments saw a year-over-year increase of 6 percent.

  2. in each year that passes after an initial investment, the start of an observed trend, etc.; annual or annually.

    The gain from this software purchase has been our best ROI year over year.

    Over the last decade, the year-over-year trend in inflation has strongly correlated with the year-over-year trend in GDP.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of year-over-year1

First recorded in 1790–1800, for an earlier sense
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Example Sentences

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For many, questions about the economy are much less about the exact statistics that a field expert will focus on, like the year-over-year marginal changes in log-scaled disposable income, and much more about fundamental questions: Is this the life that I hoped for?

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In the first three months of this year, Meta’s revenue reached $42.31 billion, an increase of 16% year-over-year.

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Customs arrivals were up nearly 4% year-over-year in April at LAX’s Tom Bradley International Terminal, per data from Los Angeles World Airports, suggesting that this summer may be even busier than last year.

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Coinbase’s first quarter revenue reached $2.03 billion, up 24% year-over-year, but slightly missed analyst’s expectations.

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In April, the administration withheld nearly $1 billion in federal grants to Head Start centers nationwide, a year-over-year decline of 37%, resulting in layoffs and regional office closures.

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