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Definition of "biennium" [biennium]

  • A two-year period. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "biennium" in a sentence
  • "Less than 2% of total funds for the Liquor Control Board in this biennium comes from the General Fund; the rest is from a revolving account."
  • "To make up for these budget reductions, the 2009 Legislature budgeted over $53.6 million per year over the 2009-2011 fiscal biennium from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act"
  • "“In order to balance the budget this biennium, which is $182 billion, we used $14 billion in federal stimulus money to balance it,” said State Sen. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan."
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