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 top industries to see data compromises in 2025 included financial services, health care, professional services, manufacturing and education, according to the ITRC's annual report. —Lorie Konish, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026

At the same time, the new law tasked the Advocate with bringing two annual reports to Congress. —Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026

Data was collected from nationally available databases of statistical agencies and/or ministries of education for the respective countries and supplemented with official university documents, such as annual reports and financial statements. —Time Staff, Time, 28 Jan. 2026

Milwaukee police engaged in 68 pursuits in 2010, down from 167 in 2009, according to the commission's annual report. —Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 26 Jan. 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