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 Holyoake, George Jacob

It has met that goal on an annualized basis since 2020, according to its website, by partnering with renewable energy providers on long-term power purchase agreements.

From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026

JPMorgan’s annualized return on equity was 24%, when analysts were forecasting 19%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The best U.S. stock mutual fund over this same 46-year period performed about the same — beating CPI inflation by 11.4% annualized.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

Few newsletters have been published over this entire period, but the one with the best record has outperformed the U.S. consumer-price index by 11.7% annualized.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026

"Central bank discount rate" provides the annualized interest rate a country's central bank charges commercial, depository banks for loans to meet temporary shortages of funds.

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

“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