Annual ring
an annual formation of wood in plants, consisting of two concentric layers, one of springwood and one of summerwood.
noun
a ring of wood indicating one year’s growth, seen in the transverse section of stems and roots of woody plants growing in temperate climates also called tree ring
noun
see tree ring
annual ring
see under growth ring.
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. a provision in a contract with an employer guaranteeing the employee a minimum income or work over a period of one year.
- Annualize
to calculate for or as for an entire year: investors earned an annualized rate of seven percent paid quarterly. to be annualized. verb (transitive) 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 […]
- Annualised
to calculate for or as for an entire year: investors earned an annualized rate of seven percent paid quarterly. to be annualized. verb (transitive) 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 […]
- Annualized
to calculate for or as for an entire year: investors earned an annualized rate of seven percent paid quarterly. to be annualized. contemporary examples the census department reported that in september, home sales came in at an annualized rate of 389,000. new home sales rise in september daniel gross october 23, 2012 that actually reverses […]
- Annuals
of, for, or pertaining to a year; yearly: annual salary. occurring or returning once a year: an annual celebration. botany. living only one growing season, as beans or corn. performed or executed during a year: the annual course of the sun. entomology. living or lasting but one season or year, as certain insects or colonies […]