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

Those figures come from the Broadway League‘s latest annual report Broadway’s Economic Contribution to New York City 2024-2025, published today. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026

Tennessee dissolved the company in 2020 for failing to file its annual report with the state. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

The City Council has received and accepted multiple annual reports from LA28, raising a few questions but no major objections. — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

The agenda covers the producer responsibility plan, contingency planning, plan termination, revocation of a PRO’s status and annual reports. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 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