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

Papa Johns had about 3,500 locations at the end of 2025, according to its annual report. —Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026

Americans donated nearly $90 billion to DAFs in 2024, per the most recent annual report from the DAF Research Collaborative. —Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026

Through the end of 2024, just under half of all workforce hours were done by city residents — a third by workers from the South and West sides, according to the foundation’s annual report. —A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026

According to the annual report, a survey of global military forces, the purges are likely not over and are probably having a negative effect on force readiness, Reuters reported. —Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 25 Feb. 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