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The World Economic Forum estimates that the world would realize a net gain of $85 trillion from phasing out coal power, or 1.3% of current world GDP per annum leading to 2100.
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Marianne Krasny, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Based on other companies that achieve revenue growth rates of 50% per annum over three years, price-to-sales ratios rarely, if ever, go above 100.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Membership was advertised on one page of its website for 4,400 francs (roughly $5,000) per annum, and elsewhere for 88 euros.
—Caitlín Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The day is getting late in salvaging traditional American growth, opportunity, and prosperity—GDP growth at sub 2-percent per annum this millennium, half or less of the pre-income tax norm.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Marianne Krasny, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
Based on other companies that achieve revenue growth rates of 50% per annum over three years, price-to-sales ratios rarely, if ever, go above 100.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Membership was advertised on one page of its website for 4,400 francs (roughly $5,000) per annum, and elsewhere for 88 euros.
—Caitlín Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The day is getting late in salvaging traditional American growth, opportunity, and prosperity—GDP growth at sub 2-percent per annum this millennium, half or less of the pre-income tax norm.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Per annum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/per%20annum. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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per annum
adverb
per an·num
(ˌ)pər-ˈan-əm 
: in or for each year : annually
Legal Definition
per annum
adverb
per an·num
pər-ˈa-nəm
: in or for each year
interest of six percent per annum
Etymology
Medieval Latin
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