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

In 2017, an earlier annual report said, VA scientists in Cincinnati were involved in more than 200 research projects, with more than $5 million in funding. —Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025

Fast-forward to 2025, and the AI tech has been integrated in more than 100 mines, according to Huawei's annual report released in March. —Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 2 July 2025

Bracey was previously arrested at the age of 48 and spent three years in prison, after which he was released to a halfway house, according to a blurb in the 2017 annual report of Connecticut Community for Addiction Recovery. —Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2025

Tariff levels on cars and trucks may ease while consumers will absorb most of the cost, consulting firm AlixPartners says in an annual report. —Bill Koenig, Forbes.com, 19 June 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