annual report

noun

plural annual reports
: a usually lengthy report issued yearly by an organization giving an account of its internal workings and especially its finances

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More than a third of its revenues — and more than half of its digital revenues — derive from outside the U.K., according to the Trust's most recent annual report. David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Dec. 2024 In its 2022-23 annual report, P.P.F.A. and its affiliates—as distinguished from its advocacy arm, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and its super PAC, Planned Parenthood Votes—logged an annual revenue of more than two billion dollars, of which nearly one billion came from private donations. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024 The group’s annual report, which came out in May, said banks had prevented a further £1.25 billion of unauthorized fraud through advanced security systems, but tech companies can do more to help in preventing the scams. Robert Olsen, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 Grocery prices for Thanksgiving dinner in the U.S. will dip again for the second year in a row, according to the annual report by the American Farm Bureau Federation. Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for annual report 

Word History

First Known Use

1724, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of annual report was in 1724

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“Annual report.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annual%20report. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

Legal Definition

annual report

noun
annual re·​port
: a written report distributed to shareholders each year by a corporation that sets forth financial information (as an auditor's report, the selling prices of the corporation's stock, and the yearly profit) as well as statements by the corporation's management
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