last quarter

American

noun

Astronomy.

the instant, approximately one week after a full moon, when half of the moon's disk is illuminated by the sun.

last quarter British

noun

one of the four principal phases of the moon, occurring between full moon and new moon, when half the lighted surface is visible Compare first quarter

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

India's economy grew at a faster pace than expected in the last quarter of 2025 driven by solid consumer spending, data showed Friday, using a new framework that calculates economic output more accurately.

From Barron's

Salesforce shareholders seem to think the company was able to do that in its last quarter.

From Barron's

The filing, which covered Warren Buffett’s last quarter as CEO, also showed that Berkshire continued to trim its stakes in Bank of America and Apple and sold most of its holdings in Amazon.com over the quarter.

From Barron's

The weak growth "implies that the large supplementary budget passed at the end of November provided no boost to public spending last quarter just yet", Marcel Thieliant at Capital Economics said.

From Barron's

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023