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 new data, released Thursday in the board’s annual report, showed that landlord incomes have risen now for three years in a row. —Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026

The state requires cities to submit an annual report summarizing progress on implementing the city’s general plan and reports on housing production, stated a report from Planning Manager Chris Dominguez. —Jim Drummond, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026

Donations flow through foundations, annual reports highlight community contributions, and nonprofit engagement is framed as evidence of corporate responsibility. —Harvard Business Review, 26 Mar. 2026

Like the annual reports, these privacy protections will apply to all data centers in the city, new and existing. —R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1724, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for annual report

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

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