annum

Examples

• All

• The $40 billion global market is growing at roughly 10% per annum, according to Starbucks' presentation.

  Blog text (13)

• Given that the bank's interest rate is 14 percent per annum, the interest rates the middlemen charge are quite high.

  Academic text (2017)

• 10% of your salary per annum.

  T2 Trainspotting (2017)

• Seven percent losses per annum.

  The Missouri Breaks (1976)

• During this period, the economic growth rate declined to an average of 1.6 percent per annum.

  Academic text (1994)

• We donate 80 million charitable dollars per annum.

  Awake (2007)

• Another study calculated that it cost the country the equivalent of US$21.6 billion per annum in lost income.

  Academic text (1995)

• At current growth rates of 2.5 percent per annum, the population of sub-Saharan Africa is expected to double as soon as 2036.

  Academic text (2009)

• What right does a king have to a payout from the government of £2 million per annum?

  Peterloo (2018)

• Now, the fees here are, at present, £643 per annum, which works out at about 15 guineas a week.

  if.... (1968)

Synonyms

Y

year

vsannum

∞ 1.0

A period of months used for a specific activity like school or company accounts

is a formal term for a single twelve month period used in fixed phrases

P

per year

vsannum

169 1.0

How often something happens in one year, often for an amount of money

is the single Latin noun rather than a common phrase for rates

Y

yearly

vsannum

75 1.0

Happening once every year

is a noun label rather than an adjective describing annual timing

P

per annum

vsannum

• Formal

7 4.2

Each year, often used when talking about money amounts

uses a Latin noun form rather than a phrase about annual rates

Y

yr

vsannum

1 1.6

A short written form of year equal to 12 months

is the full Latin noun form rather than an abbreviation

P

p.a.

vsannum

• Formal

4.1

For each year, often to show how much money is paid or received

uses the full Latin noun form rather than the shortened written form

Idioms

P

per annum

• Formal

7 4.2

Each year, often used when talking about money amounts

Surface Forms

Etymology