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

Costs for building natural-gas plants and large-scale solar and wind projects have increased more than 10% since last year, according to Lazard’s annual report on electricity-generation costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Edison told its shareholders in its annual report that it believes it acted as a “reasonable” utility operator before the fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

I can't remember an annual report where the difficulties for the BBC have been so front and centre.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Scott Mills' earnings and those of other highly paid presenters may be making headlines, but there is a bigger story contained in the BBC's annual report.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

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

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