annualize

[an-yoo-uh-lahyz]

verb (used with object), an·nu·al·ized, an·nu·al·iz·ing.

to calculate for or as for an entire year: Investors earned an annualized rate of seven percent paid quarterly.

verb (used without object), an·nu·al·ized, an·nu·al·iz·ing.

to be annualized.

Also (especially British) an·nu·al·ise.

Origin of annualize

annual + -ize

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British Dictionary definitions for annualize

annualize

annualise

verb

(tr) to convert (a rate of interest) to an annual rate when it is quoted for a period of less than a yearcredit card companies are obliged to quote an annualized percentage rate to borrowers

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Word Origin and History for annualize

in economics and finance, 1904; see annual + -ize. Related: Annualized; annualizing.