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 annual report takes a look at prices consumers will pay for a traditional Thanksgiving meal of turkey, sides such as vegetables, cranberries, stuffing and rolls, pumpkin pie and beverages for 10 people. —Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025

The logos of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, maker of the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy is seen outside theri building as the company presents the annual report at Novo Nordisk in Bagsvaerd, Denmark, on February 5, 2025. —Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025

According to the school’s 2024 annual report, KCKCC had about 8,000 students and 745 employees. —Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025

In 2023-24, state regulators conducted 26 audits of gaming operations, according to an annual report. —Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025

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