No. 405 in Swedish
kvartalet
"The quarter" (a three-month period).
In a sentence
Kvartalet började med ett teammöte.
The quarter started with a team meeting.
'Kvartalet' (the quarter) is used to describe a three-month period in a fiscal or calendar year in a business context.
Vi ska analysera kvartalet för att förstå våra prestationer.
We will analyze the quarter to understand our performances.
'Kvartalet' is employed here to refer to a specific period whose data and outputs will be reviewed.
Resultatet för det senaste kvartalet var bättre än förväntat.
The results for the last quarter were better than expected.
'Kvartalet' functions as a time reference indicating the last three-month period considered for evaluation.
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