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 Hamilton County Addiction Response Coalition, a group of stakeholders, agencies and experts in treatment, harm reduction, prevention, health care, criminal justice and more, planned to share its annual report, the State of the Addiction Crisis, on Friday at the Hamilton County coroner’s office. The Enquirer, 15 Mar. 2024 Case in point: Pilates nabbed the title as the most popular workout of 2023, according to ClassPass’s annual report, beating other fan-favorites including yoga, cycling, and barre. Christa Sgobba, SELF, 14 Mar. 2024 JetBlue brought in more than $400 million through points sales last year, according to its annual report. Melvin Backman, Quartz, 12 Mar. 2024 Earlier this year, the BFI unveiled its annual report for 2023 which, once again, showed that the U.K.’s beleaguered independent sector had been further squeezed. Alex Ritman, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024 Late last year, the Legislature’s budget analyst, Gabe Petek, issued his annual report on the state’s fiscal situation, saying not only that state had a $68 billion current deficit due to revenues falling short of projections, but annual deficits in the $30 billion range for the next several years. Dan Walters, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024 Tesla also came under fire last month for ditching diversity language in its annual report right before Black History Month. Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024 The committee concluded in its most recent annual report that a plaque inside the bulding's first-floor lobby would be a better approach. Journal Sentinel, 29 Feb. 2024 In its latest financial year ending in September, Disney earned revenue of just 66 cents on average per Hotstar subscriber — down from 88 cents in 2022 and compared with $5.93 for a non-US subscriber to Disney+, its main streaming service, according to its annual report. Diksha Madhok, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1724, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of annual report was in 1724

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“Annual report.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annual%20report. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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
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