annualize

American  

[an-yoo-uh-lahyz] / ˈæn ju əˌlaɪz /

(especially British) annualise

verb (used with object)

annualized, annualizing

1. to calculate for or as for an entire year.

   Investors earned an annualized rate of seven percent paid quarterly.

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verb (used without object)

annualized, annualizing

1. to be annualized.

annualize British  

/ ˈænjʊəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to convert (a rate of interest) to an annual rate when it is quoted for a period of less than a year

   credit card companies are obliged to quote an annualized percentage rate to borrowers

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Etymology

Origin of annualize

annual + -ize

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

annualize annualized annualizing

Ubisoft doesn’t just annualize a successful series, it releases multiple games in that franchise in the same year.

From The Verge ● Jun. 4, 2015

At that hour Monsieur Chillman asked me if some steps could not be taken to annualize the meeting, and he requested me to prepare and propose a resolution to that effect.

From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by George Jacob Holyoake

Hatzius said he expects core PCE to fall to 2% annualized in 2027.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

According to the Financial Times, investors expect Anthropic’s annualized revenue to come in at between $100 billion and $120 billion by the end of the year.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

Still, on an annualized basis, U.K. growth was 1.7% in the second quarter, stronger than the U.S.’s 1.5% and only slightly slower than the eurozone’s 1.8%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Jacob Internet lost 70% in 2000 and 56% in 2001—and, since its launch, has lagged behind the S&P 500 by nearly 14 percentage points annualized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

Commercial bank prime lending rate: This entry provides a simple average of annualized interest rates commercial banks charge on new loans, denominated in the national currency, to their most credit- worthy customers.

From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The new terms fuel fee growth in the second half of this year and the first half of 2027 before annualizing and reverting to a typical high-single-digit percentage growth rate, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

“This print is a major validation of the memory supercycle thesis but I wouldn’t value Micron by simply annualizing peak margins forever,” Futurum chief market strategist Shay Boloor said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Things could change if tariffs on South Korea imports rise to 25%, the company says, but annualizing its mitigation efforts should result in greater savings in 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

Obviously, the miracle of compounding works better when the figures are bigger, but annualizing May’s performance would result in full-year gains of 16.6% for the S&P and 17.9% for both the Dow and the R3K.

From Forbes ● Jun. 4, 2015