annualize

[ an-yoo-uh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, an·nu·al·ized, an·nu·al·iz·ing.

1. 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.

1. to be annualized.

annualize

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of annualize¹

annual + -ize

Example Sentences

The Commerce Department is expected to confirm in another report on Thursday that gross domestic product contracted at a 4.8% annualize rate in the first quarter, the deepest decline in output since the 2007-09 Great Recession.

From Reuters

“But if you were to annualize this over our time together, it’s been cheap.”

From New York Times

The rules for calculating the figures don’t allow companies to annualize most pay figures.

From Wall Street Journal

When computing the CEO pay ratio, the Securities and Exchange Commission prohibits companies from adjusting part-time earnings to “annualize” them—to show what these employees would have earned if working full-time.

From Wall Street Journal

Companies are allowed, for example, to annualize the pay of a full-time employee who starts midyear.

From Wall Street Journal