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

Last month, prices rose at an annualized rate of 6.5%, the Cleveland Fed estimates.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The Commerce Department raised its reading for annualized gross domestic product growth in the second quarter to 2.2%, well above the previously reported 1.5%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

On average, between 2010 and 2024, active bond funds beat their reported benchmark by an annualized average of 0.74% over three-year periods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Janus Henderson Income ETF’s online home page, for example, shows the fund beating the Agg by a seemingly impressive margin of more than 2 percentage points annualized since it launched in late 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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 $5,000 dividend stands in comparison to the roughly $65,000 the median full-time worker makes, based on Labor Department statistics for the second quarter and annualizing them.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

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