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per annum

[per an-uhm] / pər ˈæn əm /
ADJECTIVE
yearly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
annual annually regularly yearlong
STRONG
perennial
WEAK
once a year year by year
ADVERB
annually
Synonyms
STRONGEST
each year every year
WEAK
by the year once a year per year year after year

Example Sentences

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The company has ambitious plans to almost double its copper production from its present 850,000 tons per annum to 1.6 million tons by 2035.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026

These include allowing people to average 182 days per annum, spread over three years.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

Their hope is the Slams will each commit 16% of their revenue this year, with the figure rising by 1.5% per annum until 2030.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

“We expect ex-China magnet capacity to grow from 15,000 tons per annum now to 71,000 tons/annum by 2030,” analyst Matthew Hope says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

NOTE.—Standing alone, per- signifies by: as, per annum, by the year.

From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton