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 company, which is also the official partner of the Chinese Olympic Committee, has over 7,600 stores including flagship and factory outlets, according to its annual report. —Justina Lee, CNBC, 2 June 2026

In Catholicism, infants are baptized — but more than 13,300 baptisms of people older than 7 were counted in the latest annual report from Spain’s Catholic bishops conference. —ABC News, 1 June 2026

The union’s most recent annual report filed with the Department of Labor, which covers the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, lists Bathory as a payroll specialist with an annual salary of $98,827. —Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026

Each year, like all Wrigley investors, Paul was mailed an annual report and some sticks of gum. —Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 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