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

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Accounting changes The new accounting changes were supposed to start appearing in this year’s annual reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission and shareholders. Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Flags with the logos of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, maker of the blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss treatments Ozempic and Wegovy are pictures while the company presents the annual report at Novo Nordisk in Bagsvaerd, Denmark, on February 5, 2025. Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025 The database, and annual reports drawn from it, offered useful illustrations of how climate change is shifting patterns of extreme weather at the same time people are increasingly moving into areas prone to disasters like flooding and wildfires. Evan Bush, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025 The final campaign finance report for the 2024 general election and the annual report concerning remaining campaign funds were filed on April 30 of this year, according to records in the Saline County clerk's office. Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for annual report

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 21 Sep. 2025.

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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