quarter-on-quarter
adjective [before noun]Definition
› ACCOUNTING, FINANCE used to describe a period of three months in a company's financial year when comparing one period with the previous period: We've had steady quarter-on-quarter growth in market share.
(Definition of quarter-on-quarter adjective from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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