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

Examples of annual report in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The outlet’s 12th annual report on the best global universities listed Stanford University as third and the University of California at Berkeley as seventh out of the world’s top 2,250 universities. —Molly Gibbs, Mercury News, 18 June 2026

In its 2025 annual report, the company disclosed that over 90 percent of its devices revenue still comes from the United States. —Janko Roettgers, The Verge, 18 June 2026

Carmel has repeatedly ranked among the top three places to live in the country in Livability’s annual report. —Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2026

According to SpaceX’s recent annual report, the Starlink constellation executes a collision avoidance maneuver every 2 minutes on average. —IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1724, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for annual report

• abort
• airport
• alport
• athwart
• carport
• comport
• consort
• deport
• disport
• distort
• escort
• exhort

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