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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The modern 10-K, an annual report most public companies are required to submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), often runs hundreds of pages, embeds thousands of XBRL tags and must track business lines that range from China to the cloud. William Tarr, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025 Arizona saw 31 child drowning deaths in 2023, with 71% of those deaths involving children under 5, according to an annual report from the Arizona Child Fatality Review Team. Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 16 July 2025 Those individuals will contribute to an annual report to the president and Board of Trustees and reviewable by the public. Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 16 July 2025 The Southeast Asian island nation was named the world’s costliest city for luxury living for the third year in a row, according to an annual report by Swiss wealth manager Julius Baer Group Ltd., cited by Bloomberg. India Brown, Robb Report, 15 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for annual report

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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 22 Jul. 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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