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

An annual report should list every university's program offerings, indicate which were flagged for review and summarize the justification for keeping underperforming programs. —Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 5 Dec. 2025

Consumer Reports compiles the annual report card based on road tests, owner reports, new and used car reliability, owner satisfaction and maintenance and repair costs and road tests more than 200 new vehicles annually. —Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 5 Dec. 2025

Moving forward, historical homicide cases will be removed from BPD's annual report and will be noted in cases reported from 2021 to the present. —Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025

The Type 076 also caught the attention of the Pentagon, which referenced the ship several times in its annual report last year on developments regarding Chinese military power. —Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 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