→year-ago(Definition ofyear-earlierfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofyear-earlier
year-earlierThe company's profit, however, was 81 percent belowyear-earlierlevels, due to falling sales and profit margins.FromCNBCIn theyear-earlierperiod, earnings were 84 cents a share on $18.74 billion in revenue.FromCNBCThe technology giant posted fiscal third-quarter earnings per share of 62 cents, compared to 61 cents a share in theyear-earlierperiod.FromCNBCIt posted a $60.6 million profit ($1 a share) compared with $80.4 million ($1.38 a share) in theyear-earlierperiod.FromCNETThe carrier posted a profit of $366 million, or 42 cents a share, compared with ayear-earlierprofit of $138 million, or 15 cents a share.FromCNETIt reported a first-half net loss of 35.24 billion yen, versus ayear-earlierprofit of 769 million yen.FromReutersThat's compared to adjusted earnings of 97 cents a share on revenue of $5.8 billion in theyear-earlierperiod.FromCNBCRevenue for the quarter came in at $17.548 billion, against theyear-earlierfigure of $19.158 billion.FromCNBCTotal customer relationships, which include video, high-speed and voice customers, increased by 115,00 to 28.1 million compared from 27.27 million in theyear-earlierperiod.FromCNBCOperating profit fell to 650 million pounds from 833 million pounds in theyear-earlierperiod.FromBloombergThat's compared with earnings of 63 cents a share on sales of $9 billion in theyear-earlierperiod.FromCNBCAt the moment, the dollar's trade-weighted exchange rate is 2.2 percent below itsyear-earlierlevel.FromCNBCThe company posted second-quarter earnings per share of $1.24, compared with $1.51 a share in theyear-earlierperiod.FromCNBCThe company posted fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $2.50, compared with $2.58 a share in theyear-earlierperiod.FromCNBCThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/year-earlier##
