Annual
Annual (?; 135) , adjective
[Old English annuel, French annuel, from Latin annualis, from annus year. Compare Annals.]
1.
Of or pertaining to a year; returning every year; coming or happening once in the year; yearly.
The annual overflowing of the river [Nile].
2.
Performed or accomplished in a year; reckoned by the year; as, the annual motion of the earth.
A thousand pound a year, annual support.
2.
Lasting or continuing only one year or one growing season; requiring to be renewed every year; as, an annual plant; annual tickets. — Bacon
Annual , noun
1.
A thing happening or returning yearly; esp. a literary work published once a year.
2.
Anything, especially a plant, that lasts but one year or season; an annual plant.
Oaths... in some sense almost annuals;... and I myself can remember about forty different sets.
3.
(Roman Catholic Church) A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.