Year-on-year
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Year-on-year is an adjective meaning Alternative form of year-over-year.
Meaning
Alternative form of year-over-year.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include all-year-round, year-long, halfyearly, ever-changing, semi-yearly, each-way.
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