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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annual report

Microsoft in its latest annual report said that “Azure and other cloud services revenue increased 41%” during the fiscal year ended June 30.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

There were also more than 1,400 complaints in the first three months of this year, according to the DWP's most recent annual report.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Last year, vinyl record purchases accounted for more than $1 billion in U.S. sales, up more than 9%, according to the Recording Industry Assn. of America’s annual report.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026

The Zurich Cantonal Bank said in a market commentary that the settlement "brings clarity" to a protracted legal dispute, where the litigation has been disclosed as a risk factor in every annual report since 2016.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

It would continue to manufacture new cars and issue its annual report.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari