Meanings
verbannualise (third-person singular simple present annualises, present participle annualising, simple past and past participle annualised)
present singular third person annualises · participle present annualising · participle past annualised · past annualised · alternative annualize
- transitiveTo express (a quantity such as an interest rate, profit, expenditure etc.) as if it applied or were measured over one year.
To annualise net profit, divide the year-to-date net profit by the number of completed months, and multiply by twelve.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂et-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂etnós
- Proto-Italic*atnos?
- Latinannus
- Latinannuus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinannuālis
- Anglo-Normananue
- Old Frenchanuel
- Middle Frenchannue
- Middle Englishannuel
- Englishannual
- Englishannualise
Translations
German auf das Jahr hochrechnen, annualisieren
- auf das Jahr hochrechnento express a quantity as if measured over one year
- annualisierento express a quantity as if measured over one year
Portuguese anualizar
- anualizarto express a quantity as if measured over one year
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with annualise
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APA
annualise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annualise
MLA
“annualise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annualise. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “annualise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/annualise.
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