annual report

American  

noun

1. a document reporting to stockholders on management and operations and containing fiscal information, published yearly by a publicly held corporation as required by federal law.

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annual report British  

noun

1. a report presented by the directors of a company to its shareholders each year, containing the profit-and-loss account, the balance sheet, and details of the past year's activity

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Example Sentences

State-funded preschool enrollment in the U.S. rose to 1.8 million kids, reaching 37% of 4-year-olds and about 10% of 3-year-olds, the annual report said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

SEW, which is owned by a group of investment and pension funds led by Utilities Trust of Australia, has debt of £1.3bn, according to its latest annual report.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Beyond Meat appeased Nasdaq regulators this past week by finally filing its 2025 annual report, but there’s still another matter the onetime alternative-protein darling has to deal with to keep its stock from being delisted.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026

BuzzFeed in its 2025 annual report said it had sold both brands for $500,000 at a loss of $800,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

According to the latest annual report on violence, Sub-Saharan Africa for the first time is not the world’s most violent region.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker